# M-O-O-N - that spells moon!
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-o-o-n-that-spells-moon/472235
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [November 11, 2008, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-o-o-n-that-spells-moon/472235 "2008-11-11T20:22:00Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2008, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-o-o-n-that-spells-moon/472235/1 "2008-11-11T20:22:00Z")
Inspired by [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=492325), what are some of your favorite quotes from the works of Stephen King?
“You can’t be careful on a skateboard.” - random kid from _IT_.
“I’m your number one fan.” - Annie Wilkes from _Misery_
“Like the drink, only not spelled the same.” John Coffey from _The Green Mile_
“Sometimes you have to be a high-riding bitch to survive. Sometimes being a bitch is all a woman has to hold onto.” Vera Donovan from _Dolores Claiborne_
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### Author:  [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2008, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-o-o-n-that-spells-moon/472235/2 "2008-11-11T20:47:24Z")
“God pounds his nails.” - _The Talisman_
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### Author:  [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2008, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-o-o-n-that-spells-moon/472235/3 "2008-11-11T20:50:26Z")
I want to talk to you real close–Norman Daniels from “Rose Madder”
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### Author:  [@LVBoPeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVBoPeep)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2008, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-o-o-n-that-spells-moon/472235/4 "2008-11-11T20:51:17Z")
“My life for you!” Trashcan Man
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### Author:  [@sneezy5660](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sneezy5660)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2008, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-o-o-n-that-spells-moon/472235/5 "2008-11-11T20:53:29Z")
“Shoot, shoot, you Ethiopian jug-fucker!”-the Reverend Sunlight Gardiner from the Talisman.
I dream of using this insult one day.
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### Author:  [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2008, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-o-o-n-that-spells-moon/472235/6 "2008-11-11T21:04:16Z")
“Good old Wolf right here and now!” Wolf from _The Talisman_
I loved Wolf.
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### Author:  [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2008, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-o-o-n-that-spells-moon/472235/7 "2008-11-11T21:16:58Z")
“I don’t give a fuck if the old gentleman had three cocks. I want to know who buried your grandfather so we can get on!!!” --McVries (IIRC) The Long Walk
Ok, I know it was actually Richard Bachman, but that is still my favorite line by him.
SSG Schwartz
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### Author:  [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2008, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-o-o-n-that-spells-moon/472235/8 "2008-11-11T21:18:15Z")
“Either get busy living or get busy dying” Andy - Shawshank Redemption
“The soil of a man’s heart is stonier” - Judd - Pet Semetary (especially as spoken by Fred Gwynne in the movie)
“I can see your filthy pillows” - Mrs. White - Carrie (I like to say this to a girlfriend of mine when she’s wearing something low cut)
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### Author:  [@CircleofWillis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CircleofWillis)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2008, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-o-o-n-that-spells-moon/472235/9 "2008-11-11T21:22:37Z")
The man in black fled across the desert and the gunslinger followed. -The Gunslinger
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### Author:  [@LilShieste](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilShieste)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2008, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-o-o-n-that-spells-moon/472235/10 "2008-11-11T21:35:57Z")
“Lady fingers… they taste like lady fingers…” from Survivor Type.
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### Author:  [@Saltire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saltire)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2008, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-o-o-n-that-spells-moon/472235/11 "2008-11-11T21:39:27Z")
The last word of Pet Sematary: “Darling.”
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### Author:  [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2008, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-o-o-n-that-spells-moon/472235/12 "2008-11-11T21:44:23Z")
> [@Rebo](#):
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> “Good old Wolf right here and now!” Wolf from _The Talisman_
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> I loved Wolf.
Heh. I say “right here and now” for a whole lot of things. SpouseO thinks I’m nuts.
It’s not really a quote, but whenever I see a shade of electric green anywhere, I \*always \*think of it as Tommyknocker green.
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### Author:  [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2008, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-o-o-n-that-spells-moon/472235/13 "2008-11-11T21:47:21Z")
“Open up that metal filled mouth of yours and _gobble my crank!_” - Leland Gaunt, Needful Things
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### Author:  [@LilShieste](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilShieste)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2008, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-o-o-n-that-spells-moon/472235/14 "2008-11-11T21:50:27Z")
Another one popped into my head. (It’s not from one of his books, but since you said “works”, I figure it’s alright.)
“Thanks for the ride, lady! Thanks for the ride!” The Hitchhiker (Creepshow 2)
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### Author:  [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2008, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-o-o-n-that-spells-moon/472235/15 "2008-11-11T21:58:35Z")
Yes, anything King - short stories, mini-series, books, movies…
> [@Tristan](#):
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> “Open up that metal filled mouth of yours and _gobble my crank!_” - Leland Gaunt, Needful Things
I don’t remember that. Who was he talking to? (Metal filled mouth?)
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### Author:  [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2008, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-o-o-n-that-spells-moon/472235/16 "2008-11-11T22:00:35Z")
I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve. Jesus, does anyone?
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### Author:  [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2008, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-o-o-n-that-spells-moon/472235/17 "2008-11-11T22:14:13Z")
It’s longer than you think!
That line still scares me when I think of it.
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### Author:  [@Small\_Hen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Hen)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2008, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-o-o-n-that-spells-moon/472235/18 "2008-11-11T22:50:21Z")
> [@Biggirl](#):
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> It’s longer than you think!
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> That line still scares me when I think of it.
Got mine. I shuddered like you wouldn’t believe when I read that. One of my favorite short stories of all time.
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### Author:  [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2008, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-o-o-n-that-spells-moon/472235/19 "2008-11-11T22:52:14Z")
“Officious little prick.” The opening line to the **Shining**. I often think that when dealing with a few of my cow-orkers.
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### Author:  [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2008, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-o-o-n-that-spells-moon/472235/20 "2008-11-11T22:57:04Z")
_“Osh. Kosh. By gosh!”_ Another line from Wolf, my fave King character.
( **Dolores** beat me to the other one.)
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