# Quote — Stephen King, The Gunslinger

> The desert was the apotheosis of all deserts, huge, standing to the sky for what looked like eternity in all directions. It was white and blinding and waterless and without feature save for the faint, cloudy haze of the mountains which sketched themselves on the horizon and the devil-grass which brought sweet dreams, nightmares, death. An occasional tombstone sign pointed the way, for once the drifted track that cut its way through the thick crust of alkali had been a highway. Coaches and buckas had followed it. The world had moved on since then. The world had emptied.

- Author: [Stephen King](https://www.leafyquotes.com/stephen-king.md)
- Book: [The Gunslinger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/stephen-king/the-gunslinger.md)
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## 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)