Stephen King, The Gunslinger

"Shall there be truth between us, as two men? Not as friends, but as enemies and equals?"

"He was one of those quite rare adults who communicate with small children fairly well and who love them all impartially--not in a sugary way but in a businesslike fashion that may sometimes entail a hug, in the same way that closing a big business deal may call for a handshake."

"Few if any seemed to have grasped the Principle of Reality; new knowledge leads always to yet more awesome mysteries. Greater physiological knowledge of the brain makes the existence of the soul less possible yet more probable by the nature of the search."

"The greatest mystery the universe offers is not life but Size."

"But this wealth of information produced little or no insight."

"Why' is a crooked letter and can't be made straight."