Stephen King wrote the horror novel Pet Sematary in 1983.
The plot revolves on a family that relocates to a tiny village in Maine and finds a burial ground with the potential to revive the dead.
Let’s have a look at some of the most famous quotes from Pet Sematary novel by Stephen King.
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Pet Sematary Quotes by Stephen King
“When it started not to hurt, it started not to matter.” ~ Stephen King (Pet Sematary).
“Cats are the gangsters of the animal world, living outside the law and often dying there.” ~ Stephen King (Pet Sematary).
“It’s probably wrong to believe there can be any limit to the horror which the human mind can experience.” ~ Stephen King (Pet Sematary).
“Death is a mystery, and burial is a secret.” ~ Stephen King (Pet Sematary).
“It was, he supossed, one of the adventages of having married a doctor- you could shove the kid at your husband whenever the kid seemed to be dying.” ~ Stephen King (Pet Sematary).
“The soil of a man’s heart is stonier, Louis. 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.” ~ Stephen King (Pet Sematary).
“It’s like many other things in life, Ellie. You keep on the path and all’s well. You get off it and the next thing you know you’re lost if you’re not lucky.” ~ Stephen King (Pet Sematary).
“Don’t go beyond, no matter how much you feel you need to, Doctor. The barrier was not made to be broken. Remember this: there is more power here than you know. It is old and always restless.” ~ Stephen King (Pet Sematary).
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Best Pet Sematary Quotes by Stephen King
“The old sleep poorly. Perhaps they stand watch.” ~ Stephen King (Pet Sematary).
“Oh, about beer I never lie,’ Crandall said. ‘A man who lies about beer makes enemies.” ~ Stephen King (Pet Sematary).
“There is no gain without risk, perhaps no risk without love.” ~ Stephen King (Pet Sematary).
“Sometimes God dillies and dallies,’ Steve said, ‘and sometimes he just points at you and tells you to hang up your jock.” ~ Stephen King (Pet Sematary).
“Sometimes dead is better.” ~ Stephen King (Pet Sematary).
“I don’t think children ever forget the lies their parents tell them.” ~ Stephen King (Pet Sematary).
“That lesson suggests that in the end, we can only find peace in our human lives by accepting the will of the universe.” ~ Stephen King (Pet Sematary).
“It came to seem to Louis that God, in His infinite wisdom, seemed much more generous when it came to doling out pain.” ~ Stephen King (Pet Sematary).
Quotes from Pet Sematary
“You learned to accept, or you ended up in a small room writing letters home with Crayolas.” ~ Stephen King (Pet Sematary).
“What’s been tried once had been tried once before… and before… and before…” ~ Stephen King (Pet Sematary).
“We either learn to accept or we end up writing letters home with crayons.” ~ Stephen King (Pet Sematary).
“I’m going crazy, Louis thought wonderingly. Wheeeeee!” ~ Stephen King (Pet Sematary).
“He bought her six dresses, and I brought her god-damned cat back from the dead, so who loves her more?!” ~ Stephen King (Pet Sematary).
“Cats were the gangsters of the animal world, living outside the law and often dying there. There were a great many of them who never grew old by the fire.” ~ Stephen King (Pet Sematary).
Famous Pet Sematary Quotes
“The soil of a man’s heart is stonier; a man grows what he can and tends it.” ~ Stephen King (Pet Sematary).
“May be she’ll learn something about what death really is, which is where the pain stops and the good memories begin. Not the end of life but the end of pain.” ~ Stephen King (Pet Sematary).
“And the most terrifying question of all may be just how much horror the human mind can stand and still maintain a wakeful, staring, unrelenting sanity.” ~ Stephen King (Pet Sematary).
“I don’t believe that there’s anything new under the sun. Oh, sometimes the glitter they sprinkle over the top of a thing changes, but that’s all. What’s been tried once had been tried once before…and before…and before.” ~ Stephen King (Pet Sematary).
“That lesson suggests that in the end, we can only find peace in our human lives by accepting the will of the universe” ~ Stephen King (Pet Sematary).
“He’s my cat! He’s not God’s cat! Let God have his own cat! Let God have all the damn old cats He wants, and kill them all! Church is mine!” ~ Stephen King (Pet Sematary).
“Only children tell the whole truth, you know. That’s what makes them children.” ~ Stephen King (Pet Sematary).
“A man who lies about beer makes enemies.” ~ Stephen King (Pet Sematary).
“Dead fields under a November sky, scattered rose petals brown and turning up at the edges, empty pools scummed with algae, rot, decomposition, dust… ” ~ Stephen King (Pet Sematary).
“Life sucks, then you die.” ~ Stephen King (Pet Sematary).
“Oh, about beer I never lie,” Crandall said. “A man who lies about beer makes enemies.” ~ Stephen King (Pet Sematary).
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