Quotes from book
The Shining
The Shining is a horror novel by American author Stephen King. Published in 1977, it is King's third published novel and first hardback bestseller: the success of the book firmly established King as a preeminent author in the horror genre. The setting and characters are influenced by King's personal experiences, including both his visit to The Stanley Hotel in 1974 and his recovery from alcoholism. The novel was followed by a sequel, Doctor Sleep, published in 2013.
“Monsters are real. Ghosts are too. They live inside of us, and sometimes, they win.”
Source: The Shining (1977)
“What Jack didn't understand was that no matter where he went, the same asshole got off the plane.”
Source: The Shining (1977)
“The tears that heal are also the tears that scald and scourge.”
Source: The Shining
“This inhuman place makes human monsters.”
Variant: Sometimes human places, create inhuman monsters.
Source: The Shining 1977
Source: The Shining (1977)
Context: Danny? You listen to me. I’m going to talk to you about it this once and never again this same way. There’s some things no six-year-old boy in the world should have to be told, but the way things should be and the way things are hardly ever get together. The world’s a hard place, Danny. It don’t care. It don’t hate you and me, but it don’t love us, either. Terrible things happen in the world, and they’re things no one can explain. Good people die in bad, painful ways and leave the folks that love them all alone. Sometimes it seems like it’s only the bad people who stay healthy and prosper. The world don’t love you, but your momma does and so do I. You’re a good boy. You grieve for your daddy, and when you feel you have to cry over what happened to him, you go into a closet or under your covers and cry until it’s all out of you again. That’s what a good son has to do. But see that you get on. That’s your job in this hard world, to keep your love alive and see that you get on, no matter what. Pull your act together and just go on.
“Wendy? Darling? Light, of my life. I'm not gonna hurt ya. I'm just going to bash your brains in.”
Source: The Shining (1977)
“Living by your wits is always knowing where the wasps are.”
Source: The Shining (1977)
“Are you sure self-pity is a luxury you can afford, Jack?”
Source: The Shining
