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The Dark Tower Quotes
20 of the best book quotes from The Dark Tower
01
“Was there ever a trap to match the trap of love?”
Stephen King
author
The Dark Tower
ᐧ
The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger
books
Jake Chambers
ᐧ
Roland Deschain
characters
quest
ᐧ
entrapment
ᐧ
trap of love
ᐧ
love
concepts
02
“Time’s the thief of memory.”
Stephen King
author
The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger
ᐧ
The Dark Tower
books
Abel Vannay
character
forgetting
ᐧ
memories
ᐧ
time
concepts
03
“The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.”
Stephen King
author
The Dark Tower
ᐧ
The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger
books
Walter Padick
ᐧ
Roland Deschain
characters
quest
ᐧ
following
ᐧ
deserts
concepts
04
“The greatest mystery the universe offers is not life but size.”
Stephen King
author
The Dark Tower
ᐧ
The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger
books
Walter Padick
character
size
ᐧ
mysterious
ᐧ
mysteries of the universe
concepts
05
“The man in black travels with your soul in his pocket.”
Stephen King
author
The Dark Tower
ᐧ
The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger
books
Roland Deschain
ᐧ
Walter Padick
characters
quest
ᐧ
good vs evil
ᐧ
soul
ᐧ
head hunting
concepts
06
“No man sees all ... but ... you’ll see more ... than some men see in a lifetime. ”
Stephen King
author
The Dark Tower
ᐧ
The Drawing of the Three
books
Cortland Andrus
ᐧ
Roland Deschain
characters
supernatural
ᐧ
instructions
ᐧ
training
concepts
07
″ If dying was required, he intended to die as Roland ... crawling toward the Tower. ”
Stephen King
author
The Dark Tower
ᐧ
The Drawing of the Three
books
Roland Deschain
ᐧ
Narrator
characters
facing death
ᐧ
quest
ᐧ
supernatural
concepts
08
“May you find your Tower ... and breach it, and may you climb to the top!”
Stephen King
author
The Dark Tower
book
Father Donald Callahan
ᐧ
Roland Deschain
characters
vampires
ᐧ
blessings
ᐧ
rescues
ᐧ
loyalty
ᐧ
sacrifice
concepts
09
“This is your promise ... things may be different ... there may yet be rest. Even salvation. ”
Stephen King
author
The Dark Tower
book
Roland Deschain
ᐧ
Gan
characters
promises
ᐧ
quest
ᐧ
salvation
concepts
10
“Go then, there are other worlds than these.”
Stephen King
author
The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger
ᐧ
The Dark Tower
books
Jake Chambers
character
other worlds
ᐧ
perspective
ᐧ
leaving
concepts
11
“See the TURTLE of enormous girth ... On his shell he holds the earth.”
Stephen King
author
The Dark Tower
ᐧ
The Waste Lands
books
Jake Chambers
character
myths
ᐧ
beliefs
ᐧ
other worlds
ᐧ
earth
concepts
12
“Some tale-tellers say the Beams saved it; others say they are the seeds of the world’s destruction. ”
Stephen King
author
The Dark Tower
ᐧ
The Waste Lands
books
Roland Deschain
character
quest
ᐧ
nature
ᐧ
technology
ᐧ
destruction
ᐧ
world
concepts
13
″ Balls to your sorry ... Ka works and the world moves on. ”
Stephen King
author
The Dark Tower
ᐧ
Wolves of the Calla
books
Roland Deschain
character
betrayal
ᐧ
keep going
ᐧ
sympathy
ᐧ
fate
concepts
14
“Take us back to the Path of the Beam. ... That’s our way home. ”
Stephen King
author
The Dark Tower
ᐧ
Wizard and Glass
books
Randall Flag
ᐧ
Susannah Dean
characters
home
ᐧ
quest
ᐧ
commitment
concepts
15
″ If ... we can help them, then we have to help them. That’s ... the Eld’s way.”
Stephen King
author
Wolves of the Calla
ᐧ
The Dark Tower
books
Edward Dean
character
moral standards
ᐧ
mottoes
ᐧ
children
ᐧ
help
concepts
16
“There are forces at work ... not all ... are working to keep us away from the Tower. ”
Stephen King
author
The Dark Tower
ᐧ
Wizard and Glass
books
Edward Dean
ᐧ
Roland Deschain
characters
turned against
ᐧ
attacking
ᐧ
supernatural
ᐧ
working
concepts
17
“Don’t say ka, Roland. If you say ka one more time ... my head’ll explode. ”
Stephen King
author
The Dark Tower
ᐧ
Song of Susannah
books
Edward Dean
ᐧ
Roland Deschain
characters
feeling helpless
ᐧ
frustration
ᐧ
emotions
ᐧ
faith
concepts
18
“Ka comes to me ... I translate it ... I am not ka ... I hate it! ”
Stephen King
author
God
person
The Dark Tower
book
Edward Dean
ᐧ
Roland Deschain
characters
hate
ᐧ
quest
ᐧ
crisis
concepts
19
“It’s ... a job that needs to be done ... wrong cannot be allowed to stand. ”
Stephen King
author
The Wind Through the Keyhole
ᐧ
The Dark Tower
books
Steven Deschain
ᐧ
Roland Deschain
characters
evil
ᐧ
quest
ᐧ
supernatural
ᐧ
triumph vs defeat
concepts
20
“Fault always lies in the same place, my fine babies: with him weak enough to lay blame.”″
Stephen King
author
The Dark Tower
ᐧ
The Drawing of the Three
books
Cortland Andrus
character
faults
ᐧ
blame
ᐧ
being weak
concepts
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Dumbledore
Becoming
The Hunger Games
Where the Crawdads Sing
The Handmaid's Tale
The Jungle Book
quest
Jake Chambers
Roland Deschain
entrapment
trap of love
love
forgetting
memories
time
Abel Vannay
Walter Padick
following
deserts
size
mysterious
mysteries of the universe
good vs evil
soul
head hunting
supernatural
instructions
Cortland Andrus
training
Narrator
facing death
vampires
Father Donald Callahan
blessings
rescues
loyalty
sacrifice
Gan
promises
salvation
other worlds
perspective
leaving
myths
beliefs
earth
nature
technology
destruction
world
betrayal
keep going
sympathy
fate
Randall Flag
home
Susannah Dean
commitment
moral standards
mottoes
children
help
Edward Dean
turned against
attacking
working
feeling helpless
frustration
emotions
faith
hate
crisis
evil
Steven Deschain
triumph vs defeat
faults
blame
being weak
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