Deschain Quotes

Time's the thief of memory

First comes smiles, then lies. Last is gunfire.-Roland Deschain, of Gilead

Once again there was the desert, and that only.

Let evil wait for the day on which it must fall.

We are going to fight. We are going to be hurt. And in the end, we will stand.

Long days and pleasant nights

the man in black travels with your soul in his pocket.

They had discovered one could grow as hungry for light as for food.

They were close to the end of the beginning . . .

There will be water if God wills it.

[I am more than happy to invite my five favorite fictional characters.]Roland Deschain from Stephen King's Dark Tower series. There's a whole world about Roland left to know. I've got questions. He'd have answers. So pour him a glass of wine.

I do not kill with my gun; He who kills with his gun has forgotten the face of his father. I kill with my heart.

and so will the world end, I think, a victim of love rather than hate. For love's ever been the more destructive weapon, sure.

Go then, there are other worlds than these.

The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.

I do not aim with my hand; he who aims with his hand has forgotten the face of his father. I aim with my eye. I do not shoot with my hand; he who shoots with his hand has forgotten the face of his father. I shoot with my mind. I do not kill with my gun; he who kills with his gun has forgotten the face of his father. I kill with my heart.

Take the dead from the dead, the old proverb said; only a corpse may speak true prophecy.

A person’s never too old for stories. Man and boy, girl and woman, we live for them. - Roland Deschain

Do you believe in an afterlife?" the gunslinger asked him as Brown dropped three ears of hot corn onto his plate. Brown nodded. "I think this is it.