Try any goddam thing you like, no matter how boringly normal or outrageous. If it works, fine. If it doesn't, toss it. Toss it even if you love it.
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They had become a fixed star in the shifting firmament of the high school's relationships, the acknowledged Romeo and Juliet. And she knew with sudden hatefulness that there was one couple like them in every white suburban high school in America.
Interpretation
What this quote means
This quote reflects on the idealization of romantic relationships in high school, using the famous literary couple Romeo and Juliet as a reference point.
In this quote, Stephen King describes a couple that is seen as the epitome of love within the context of their high school, akin to Romeo and Juliet. However, the narrator's realization emphasizes a sense of bitterness as she recognizes that such couples exist in every suburban high school across America, suggesting a universal and possibly superficial nature of teenage romance.
Themes
RomanceTeenage LoveHigh SchoolRelationshipsIdealization
In practice
Example use cases
This quote could be used in a high school literature class when discussing themes of love and relationships.
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