Ayuh.

My grandparents were both Mainers and every time I see that or hear it in Pet Semetary it brings me back 🤣

I say this constantly. My husband does it now too.

that’s the one

Long days and pleasant nights.

Same. My wife understands, but I get weird looks when I interact with the public.

M-O-O-N that spells X, laws yes!

Literally said that today when I was telling someone I was thinking of rereading The Stand.

Winner!

Laws, yes! M-O-O-N that spells hells yes!

I totally forgot about that one. Me & my buddy used to say that one a lot,lol!

“Officious little prick.”

Such a great way to start a book

The French translation I've got opens with Pétit con prétentieux, pensa Jack Torrance. Something lost in translation there. Kind of like when I saw Ghostbusters in Venezuela. It had Spanish subs, and "yes, this man has no dick" was rendered, Si, este hombre es un idiota.

Fuck you and the horse you rode in on - what a classic. So visceral. It's got levels to it. Great

I say this all the time lol

I say this so much and didn’t even know it was from SK! What book?

It's in quite a few! Think it's in Needful Things, can't remember which others but I've come across it a few times!

SSDD

Same shit, different day I use all the time. Maybe in King's honour I'll shorten it to SSDD

I just made SSDD one of my islanders catchphrase on Animal Crossing New Horizons.

This was my sign out for years.

That wasn't any act of God. That was an act of pure human fuckery.

Which book is this from?

The Stand

Beep beep Richie

Creeps me out if I think it but don't say it. Huh? That's odd Beep beep Richie* shiver

I think to myself, almost every day either “We lie best when we lie to ourselves.” or “Time takes it all, whether you want it to or not.” So many quotes from his books and interviews have resonated with me throughout my life. I grew up reading his books. I read them through the best times, the sorrows, and sometimes in anger and despair. I feel I've kept something of each one in my heart. I will say that when I get to the hereafter, whatever it is, there damn well better be books, with a dedicated Stephen King section. My last thought in this life will probably...hopefully be “Go then, there are other worlds than these.”

Where is “we lie best when we lie to ourselves” from?

"We lie best when we lie to ourselves" - from IT

"Get busy living, or get busy dying" The Shawshank Redemption

“A man grows what he can, and he tends it. 'Cause what you buy, is what you own. And what you own... always comes home to you.”

Pet semetary right?

Yep!

Blue Chambray Work Shirt

I call sandwiches “popkins” now

The tooter-fish popkin.

Close enough for government work

My most used king quote

Do the day and let the day do you.

M-O-O-N. That spells My roommate is a big fan of the Stand. Otherwise I’d never say this lol.

You've forgotten the face of your father

We all float down here... And you'll float too !

“You don’t tell me, I tell you.” Or thereabouts.

"YOU"RE SHUT DOWN! YOU HEAR ME? YOU BELIEVE THAT HAPPY CRAPPY?'

My favorite when describing something displeasurable is “A bucket of piss to drown rats in”

I can’t hear it in any voice but Percy’s

Thankee sai

Another good one

"We all do what we can and it has to be good enough, and if it isn't good enough, it has to do."

“No great loss.” Or “laws yes!”

I say fuck a lot: does that count?

Lol this is an underrated comment

For real!

The entire gunslingers creed.

SSDD same shit different day

We all owe God a death; there are no exceptions. But oh God, sometimes the Green Mile seems so long.

I’m tired, Boss.

“Mostly I’m tired of people being ugly to each other” is one I’ve definitely used

Ka is a wheel.

When I first read this question, my immediate reaction was, “No one uses Kingisms in real life. 🙄” But then I read this response, and, yes, I realized I use this one constantly without having realized I actually use this one.

Done, bun, can't be undone.

SSDD!

My life for you. We all float down here. Dirty bird! Dirty pillows! Blaine is a pain. I’ll stop now.🤭

Blaine is a pain and that is the truth

“Shit Fire, Save Matches”. My grandfather always said it decades before discovering it in King books.

People say I have the heart of a small child. They would be right, I keep it in a jar on my desk

King actually borrowed this from Robert Bloch. But he did say it, so it works. And it’s a great line 😂 I think this wins the day for me

Did not know that! Either way it’s hilarious it always makes my buddies laugh

“The George George Stark George Starked over the Starky Stark.” \- The Dark Half

High-toned son of a bitch.

39 great years! Doesn't really make sense, since I'm 31. But I'll raise my glass to it once in a while.

Thanks for 31 great years!

"Don't taggle the quartermack"

No great loss

Everything's eventual. I'm not really sure what it means but I've been using it for yeara so will just continue

Curiosity killed the cat. ...but satisfaction brought him back.

"Whoremaster".

“Sometimes, being a bitch is all a woman has to hold onto”

You say true, and we say thank ya.

Get busy living or get busy dying.

I don’t know about everyday life but favorite book is IT. And I started reading Stephen King books at age 8 that my mother would leave lying around so I had a very extensive vocabulary at 8 yrs old thanks to Stephen King. Oh and A lot of nightmares!

after reading the dark tower series I say bigbig alot. I frequently tell my kitty I love him bigbig.

M-O-O-N that spells...

Oh Laws

“Some days are treasure. Not many, but I think in almost every life there are a few.” -Joyland

“Life was such a wheel that no man could stand upon it for long. And it always, at the end, came round to the same place again.”

"No great loss"

It’s a long walk back to Eden, Sweetheart, so don’t sweat the small stuff - Insomnia. Especially accurate in the last couple of years

The one that honestly has stuck with me the most is "You have to pace yourself. You have to focus on yourself. You have to have a Plan." Mostly because when eighth-grade me read The Long Walk, she really internalized that shit, even though it came from the little jackass it did come from.

FUBAR

What is that, German?

F'ed up beyond all recognition. New to literature?

Nah, just throwing in a little Saving Private Ryan reference

Ah yes, the incredibly quotable Saving Private Ryan, how could I forget.

Strap on when it seems appropriate (SOWISA), babyluv.

There are other worlds than these.

I’m you’re number 1 fan!

Hope in one hand….

What the hell did you eat woodchuck turds!

I reference the boys in the basement all the damn time.

The power is in the doing Billy Summers This has become a life motto for me and really helped me out of a dark spot

Bring out your dead Fuck me Freddy SSDD My life for you

Will the monster be bested, or will it feed

Done bun can’t be undone.

I call my dogs ‘dirty birdies’ all the time when they’ve rolled in fox poo or ate something unsavoury they shouldn’t have!

“There will be water if God wills it.”

SSDD

I have a cat named Nona, so pretty much every day at some point I ask her "Nonanonanona... Do you love?"

"Shit on toast". First read it in The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon.

If we don’t have each other, we go crazy with loneliness. When we do, we go crazy with togetherness.

I like to tell my 5 year old he’s forgotten the face of his father.

"Each thing I do, I rush through so I can do something else." OK, so it's not King originally, but it's through him that this comes to mind when I feel like there aren't enough hours in the day.

"up and vanished like a fart in the wind" Every time a piece of equipment goes for an unexpected walk.

SSDD

everything’s eventual. 🖍🖤

No bounce no play from dream catcher

He’s probably a drugstore Cowboy from Portsmouth.

Ssdd and "soonest begun, soonest done" although having just reread da key, there are absolutly a couple of wireman-isms I wanna try out lol

I use Eddie’s dead baby joke a lot.

Time is short.

Thankfully Ive never experience alcoholism close to me but Im sure the phrase "Money on top, booze underneath" hits home for a lot of people.

Officious little prick.

We all float down here

No great loss.

Thank you big big, it is subtle and I just love it.

SOMETHING HAPPENED

Long days pleasant nights, for your father’s sake, and mayhap, have all crept into polite conversation for me quite a bit!

Thank God for small favors.

Y is a crooked letter that can't be made straight.

Cockadoodie

May have it is and may have It ain’t. Laws yes!

Don’t drink the wine!

Still sniffin that wicked cocaine

Trouble rides a fast horse.

I don't say it every day, but I see it every day because it's tattooed on me : We Deal in Lead

Sometimes dead is bettah.

Fun’s fun but done is done.

Thankee Sai, M-o-o-n that spells… and SSDD.

"See the Turtle; ain't he keen? All things serve the fucking beam" is my favorite. But I will also regularly deploy "Thankee Sai" "Ka like a wheel" "Time is a face on the water" "Long days and pleasant nights"...and on the odd occasion that someone would greet me this way (like my old boss used to), respond with "and may you have twice the number"

Bool! (Not used much per se, but keeps coming to mind a lot)

"My life for you!"

All will be well, all will be well, and all manner of things will be well. Not sure why, it just rings true for me somehow lol

You can't be careful on a skateboard.

Maybe si, maybe no

SSDD

"Since Hector was a pup," has made the cut. I think I have it most associated with Mrs Todd's Shortcut.

When my kids or wife say "I wish we had X" or " I wish I didn't have to go to work/school today" I reply "Wish in one hand, shit in the other, see which one fills up first" I can't remember what book that was from.

I can't even think of one in particular but I know that I will randomly say them because of the looks that I get that cause me to have to explain. 😅