# Quote — Stephen King, The Langoliers

> He had been flying passengers long enough to know a good bit…about their group psychology. When a passenger freaked out, few if any of the others ever moved. Most air travellers meekly surrendered their option to take individual action when they entered the bird, sat down, and buckled their seatbelts around them. Once those few simple things were accomplished, all problem-solving tasks became the crew's responsibility. Airline personnel called them geese, but they were really sheep ...

- Author: [Stephen King](https://www.leafyquotes.com/stephen-king.md)
- Book: [The Langoliers](https://www.leafyquotes.com/stephen-king/the-langoliers.md)
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> 'I can always feel the light. It's like heat inside my head.'

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

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> 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.

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