The Stephen King Quote Quiz

Picking out a favourite quote from a Stephen King novel is no easy feat. The fact is, 99% of what he writes is instantly quotable. While the other 1% is just plain terrifying.

To test your knowledge of his writing prowess, we have a quiz which challenges you to match the quote to the novel.

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1. Cell

2. Rose Madder

3. The Tommyknockers

4. Hearts In Atlantis

5. Salem's Lot

6. Duma Key

7. Carrie

8. Under The Dome

9. The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon

10. Pet Sematary

11. From A Buick 8

12. Lisey's Story

13. It

14. The Eyes Of The Dragon

15. 11/22/63

16. Bag Of Bones

17. Cujo

18. Needful Things

19. The Green Mile

20. Gerald's Game

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“Man has come to dominate the planet thanks to two essential traits. One is intelligence. The other has been the absolute willingness to kill anyone and anything that gets in his way.”

The Dark Half Dreamcatcher The Stand Cell

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“It's best to be ruthless with the past.”

Rose Madder Dolores Claiborne It 1408

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“Getting help from a guy like you is like hiring a pyromaniac to fix the oil-burner.”

Gerald's Game The Shining The Tommyknockers Thinner

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"Friends don’t spy; true friendship is about privacy, too."

Hearts In Atlantis Apt Pupil The Body For Owen

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"The sandwich he made was bologna and cheese, his favorite. All the sandwiches he made were his favorites; that was one of the advantages of being single."

Secret Window, Secret Garden Thinner Salem's Lot Insomnia

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“I win, you win. You win, I win. The gun, I win. The fruit, you win. I win, you win.”

Duma Key The Colorado Kid Blaze Mute

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"Sorry is the KoolAid of human emotions."

In The Deathroom The Body Firestarter Carrie

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"Murder is like potato chips: you can't stop with just one."

Under The Dome Dolores Claiborne Rage The Dark Half

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“The world had teeth and it could bite you with them anytime it wanted.”

Low Men In Yellow Coats The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon The Talisman Needful Things

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"We either learn to accept or we end up writing letters home with crayons."

Autopsy Room Four Christine Pet Sematary Gerald's Game

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“It's funny how close the past is, sometimes. Sometimes it seems as if you could almost reach out and touch it. Only who really wants to?”

From A Buick 8 The Long Walk Desperation The Plant

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"There was a lot they didn’t tell you about death, she had discovered, and one of the biggies was how long it took the ones you loved most to die in your heart."

The Sun Dog Carrie Rose Madder Lisey's Story

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"Adults are the real monsters"

Carrie It Sometimes They Come Back The Body

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"I think that friendship always makes us feel such sweet gratitude, because the world almost always seems like a very hard desert, and the flowers that grow there seem to grow against such high odds."

The Green Mile The Eyes Of The Dragon Hearts In Atlantis Dreamcatcher

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"Sarcastic people tend to be marshmallows underneath the armor"

11/22/63 Black House Misery Cell

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"My first editor used to say that eighty-five per cent of what goes on in a novelist's head is none of his business, a sentiment I've never believed should be restricted to just writers."

Misery The Dark Half Bag Of Bones Secret Window, Secret Garden

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“But in high school the business of irrevocable choices began. Doors slipped shut with a faint locking click that was only heared clearly in the dreams of later years.”

Christine The Stand The Long Walk Cujo

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“Put an egg in your shoe and beat it, make like a tree and leave, imitate an amoeba and split.”

It Needful Things The Regulators The Colorado Kid

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"A banty-rooster sort of guy, the kind that likes to pick fights, especially when the odds are all their way."

Rita Hayworth And The Shawshank Redemption The Dark Tower The Green Mile Quitters, Inc

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"If anyone ever asks you what panic is, now you can tell them: an emotional blank spot that leaves you feeling as if you've been sucking on a mouthful of pennies."

Gerald's Game Desperation Under The Dome Misery

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“I win, you win. You win, I win. The gun, I win. The fruit, you win. I win, you win.”

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"Sorry is the KoolAid of human emotions."

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"Murder is like potato chips: you can't stop with just one."

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“The world had teeth and it could bite you with them anytime it wanted.”

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"We either learn to accept or we end up writing letters home with crayons."

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“It's funny how close the past is, sometimes. Sometimes it seems as if you could almost reach out and touch it. Only who really wants to?”

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"There was a lot they didn’t tell you about death, she had discovered, and one of the biggies was how long it took the ones you loved most to die in your heart."

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"Adults are the real monsters"

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"I think that friendship always makes us feel such sweet gratitude, because the world almost always seems like a very hard desert, and the flowers that grow there seem to grow against such high odds."

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"Sarcastic people tend to be marshmallows underneath the armor"

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"My first editor used to say that eighty-five per cent of what goes on in a novelist's head is none of his business, a sentiment I've never believed should be restricted to just writers."

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“But in high school the business of irrevocable choices began. Doors slipped shut with a faint locking click that was only heared clearly in the dreams of later years.”

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“Put an egg in your shoe and beat it, make like a tree and leave, imitate an amoeba and split.”

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"A banty-rooster sort of guy, the kind that likes to pick fights, especially when the odds are all their way."

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