Both Rowling and Meyer, theyโre speaking directly to young people. โฆ The real difference is that Jo Rowling is a terrific writer and Stephenie Meyer canโt write worth a darn. Sheโs not very good.
Stephen KingCome on back and weโll see if you remember the simplest thing of all โ how it is to be children, secure in belief and thus afraid of the dark.
Stephen KingAs we get older, our fears, in some way, sharpen and become more personal, because we can no longer - let's say take a book like "It" or maybe "Christine," and say these are make-believe fears.
Stephen KingAnd she sees that the moonlight is losing its orange glow. It has become buttery, and will soon turn to silver.
Stephen KingAs far as where I go when I die, the concept that I am simple going to flick out, like a light bulb, to me is not only spiritually impossible to believe, but logically it is laughable - the idea that we simply die and nothing happens.
Stephen KingThe exhilaration was hard to explain. It was a lonely feeling โ a somehow melancholy feeling. He was outside; he passed on the wings of the wind, and none of the people beyond the brightly lighted squares of their windows saw him. They were inside, inside where there was light and warmth. They didn't know he had passed them; only he knew. It was a secret thing.
Stephen King