(Portland, Maine, 21 September 1947).
Pseudonyms:
Richard Bachman / John Swithen / Beryl Evans.
Nickname: King of Horror.
American author of horror and science fiction stories and thrillers, among others. His books appear on lists of best-selling books, both fiction and non-fiction.
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Friends don’t spy; true friendship is about privacy, too.
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High school isn’t a very important place. When you’re going you think it’s a big deal, but when it’s over nobody really thinks it was great unless they’re beered up.
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And people who don’t dream, who don’t have any kind of imaginative life, they must…they must go nuts. I can’t imagine that.
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But when fall comes, kicking summer out on its treacherous ass as it always does one day sometime after the midpoint of September, it stays a while like an old friend that you have missed.
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The sun was still all August, although calendar August was almost two weeks gone.
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It was outdoor detail, and May is one fine month to be working outdoors.
Photo: Daniel Jensen. Meaning 🧩:Literally: it involved an ‘outdoor job’ and May is a pleasant month for that, due to the mild spring weather. Figuratively / in context: In the context of a prison story, that sentence takes on extra weight: being allowed to work outside feels like a temporary escape, it contrasts with the stifling, confined life inside, the month “May” evokes ‘spring, hope and relief’ 🌱. So the sentence is not only practical, but also creates atmosphere. ✍️ Author:Probably Stephen King.🏛️ Origin: from the novella: “Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption”, published in 1982, included in the collection “Different Seasons”. Later, this became world-famous via the film: “The Shawshank Redemption” (1994) 🎬, screenplay/direction: Frank Darabont. The source idea is from Stephen King, if it is indeed about the Shawshank passage. But note: the ‘exact wording’ does not necessarily have to be ‘literally from Stephen King’; it could originate from a translator or a subtitler. So: content / original → Stephen King, the exact sentence → possibly not literally King, but a translation of his text. 🇬🇧 Probable original English wording: “It was an outside detail, and May is a fine month for working outdoors.” There are often minor variations in quotes and translations.
Door Pieter
Mensenmens, zoon, echtgenoot, vader, opa.
Spiritueel, echter niet religieus.
Ik hou van golf, wandelen, lezen en de natuur in veel opzichten.
Onderzoeker, nieuwsgierig, geen fan van de mainstream media (MSM).
