# Quote — Stephen King, The Gunslinger

> It was a blade of grass. But it was purple.

- Author: [Stephen King](https://www.leafyquotes.com/stephen-king.md)
- Book: [The Gunslinger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/stephen-king/the-gunslinger.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/The_Dark_Tower_(series)#Vol._I:_The_Gunslinger) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/stephen-king/the-gunslinger/it-was-a-blade

## More from this book

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

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/stephen-king/the-gunslinger/the-man-in-black.md)

> Shaken and alone, enwrapt in the darkness, terrified of an ultimate meaning rushing at him, he gathered himself and uttered the final answer on that subject: “NEVER!”“THEN LET THERE BE LIGHT!” And there was light, crashing in on him like a hammer, a great and primordial light.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/stephen-king/the-gunslinger/shaken-and-alone.md)

> Go then, there are other worlds than these.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/stephen-king/the-gunslinger/go-then-there.md)