The Shining

She had never dreamed there could be so much pain in a life when there was nothing physically wrong.

Living by your wits is always knowing where the wasps are.

Whatever Redrum was, it was here.

So they went in together, leaving the wind to build to the low-pitched scream that would go on all night – a sound they would get to know well. Flakes of snow swirled and danced across the porch. The Overlook faced it as it had for nearly three quarters of a century, its darkened windows now bearded with snow, indifferent to the fact that it was no

Tough old world, baby. If you’re not bolted together tightly, you’re gonna shake, rattle, and roll before you turn thirty.

Continental manners.’

Was it possible, Danny wondered, to be glad you had done something and still be so ashamed of that something that you tried not to think of it? The question was a disturbing one. He didn’t think such a thing was possible … in a normal mind.

Footsteps approaching the door or only the heartbeat in his ears?