“A large praying mantis was performing ablutions on the springy stem of the kid's cowlick. The gunslinger snorted laughter-the first in gods knew how long-and set the fire and went after water.”

“With no gods to pray to, Susan prayed to her father.”

“The gunslinger said, "I used to think the most terrible thing would be to reach the Dark Tower and find the top room empty. The God of all universes either dead or nonexistent in the first place. But now...suppose there is someone there, Eddie? Someone in charge who turns out to be..." He couldn't finish.Eddie could. "Someone who turns out to be just another bumhug? Is that it? God not dead but feeble-minded and malicious?”

“The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.”

“And in the gunslinger's mind, those words echoed: You dare not.”

“Are you a gunslinger, Roland? If you are, you better get ready.”

“What a paragon of virtue you are, gunslinger!" the man in black laughed.”