# Quote — Stephen King, Wolves of the Calla

> A tear spilled down Callahan's right cheek, then another. He wiped them away absently. "I've never dared handle it, but I've seen it. Felt its power. Christ the Man Jesus help me, I have Black Thirteen under the floorboards of my church. And it's come alive. Do you understand me?" He looked at them with his wet eyes. "It's come alive."

- Author: [Stephen King](https://www.leafyquotes.com/stephen-king.md)
- Book: [Wolves of the Calla](https://www.leafyquotes.com/stephen-king/wolves-of-the-calla.md)
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> When it came to pulling coals out of a hot fire, he'd put two dollars on Roland of Gilead for every one he put on God and the Man Jesus, those heavenly gunslingers.

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> Thankee-sai, long days, kiss my ass and go to heaven.

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> 5 minutes of worth of blood and stupidity

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