He had always believed that if anyone was absolutely right to play the consumptive dentist, De Niro was the… — Stephen King

'I can always feel the light. It's like heat inside my head.'

'Second, people think better when their stomachs are full.' He shrugged. 'It's just a law of nature.'

It's like glimpsing a beautiful woman for just a moment in the back seat of a limousine - she looks even more beautiful than she really is because you know she's not yours, can never be yours.