The Shining

All work and no play make Jack a dull boy.

"Physically, it's not a very demanding job. The only thing that can get a bit trying up here during the winter is, uh, a tremendous sense of isolation."
"Well, that just happens to be exactly what I'm looking for. I'm outlining a new writing project and, uh, five months of peace is just what I want."
"That's very good Jack, because, uh, for some people, solitude and isolation can, of itself, become a problem."
"Not for me."
"How about your wife and son? How do you think they'll take to it?"
"They'll love it."

    --  Stuart Ullman and Jack Torrance

"The most terrible nightmare I ever had. It's the most horrible dream I ever had."
"It's ok, it's ok now. Really."
"I dreamed that I, that I killed you and Danny. But I didn't just kill ya. I cut you up in little pieces. Oh my God. I must be losing my mind."

    --  Jack Torrance and Wendy Torrance
 

"Some places are like people: some shine and some don't."

    --  Dick Hallorann
 

"Mr. Grady. You were the caretaker here. I recognize ya. I saw your picture in the newspapers. You, uh, chopped your wife and daughters up into little bits. And then you blew your brains out."
"That's strange, sir. I don't have any recollection of that at all."

    --  Jack Torrance and Delbert Grady
 

"Your son has a very great talent. I don't think you are aware how great it is. That he is attempting to use that very talent against your will."
"He's a very willful boy."
"Indeed he is, Mr. Torrance. A very willful boy. A rather naughty boy, if I may be so bold, sir."
"It's his mother. She, uh, interferes."
"Perhaps they need a good talking to, if you don't mind my saying so. Perhaps a bit more. My girls, sir, they didn't care for the Overlook at first. One of them actually stole a pack of matches, and tried to burn it down. But I 'corrected' them sir. And when my wife tried to prevent me from doing my duty, I 'corrected' her."

    --  Delbert Grady and Jack Torrance
 

"I feel you will have to deal with this matter in the harshest possible way, Mr. Torrance."
"There's nothing I look forward to with greater pleasure, Mr. Grady."

    --  Delbert Grady and Jack Torrance
 

"I just want to go back to my room to think things over."
"You've had your whole fucking life to think things over, what good's a few minutes more gonna do you now?"

    --  Wendy Torrance and Jack Torrance
 

"Danny isn't here, Mrs. Torrance."

    --  Danny Torrance
 

"Redrum.  Redrum.  Redrum."

    --  Danny Torrance
 

"Here's Johnny!"

    --  Jack Torrance
 

"Wendy."
"Stay away!"
"Darling. Light, of my life. I'm not gonna hurt ya. You didn't let me finish my sentence. I said, I'm not gonna hurt ya. I'm just gonna bash your brains in. I'm gonna bash 'em right the fuck in."

    --  Jack Torrance and Wendy Torrance
 

"Good. I want you to like it here. I wish we could stay here forever... and ever... and ever."

    --  Jack Torrance