# What book or story is “do you love?” from, other than Stephen King’s “The Reach”

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**Created:** [June 26, 2023, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-book-or-story-is-do-you-love-from-other-than-stephen-king-s-the-reach/986104 "2023-06-26T01:16:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![FlikTheBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fliktheblue/32/10972_2.png) [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\
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I’m reading _The Reach_ from Stephen King’s short story collection _Skeleton Crew_. The line “Do you love?” is used several times in the story. It sounds very familiar, but given the nature of the line Google is of no help. Do any of you recall reading the line in another novel or short story, or possibly even from a movie or TV show?

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
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I thought it was from a record, but I’ll be durned if I remember exactly.

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**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2023, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-book-or-story-is-do-you-love-from-other-than-stephen-king-s-the-reach/986104/3 "2023-06-26T10:11:44Z")

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It is used in other stories in the same collection - IIRC, _Nona_, and _The Raft_.