64 The Shining Quotes (2024) #2

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Jack Torrance: The most terrible nightmare I ever had. It's the most horrible dream I ever had.
Wendy Torrance: It's okay, it's okay now. Really.
Jack Torrance: 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.

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Wendy Torrance: [Wendy has Jack locked in the storage closet] I'm gonna go now.
Jack Torrance: Uh... Wendy?
Wendy Torrance: I'm gonna try and get Danny down to Sidewinder in the Snow Cat. I'll send back a doctor...
Jack Torrance: Wendy?
Wendy Torrance: Yes?
Jack

Torrance: You got a big surprise coming to you. You're not going anywhere! Go check out the Snow Cat and the radio and you'll see what I mean. Go check it out. *Go!* Go check it out! Go check it out!

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Delbert Grady: [referring to Jack murdering his wife and son] Mr. Torrance, I see you can hardly have taken care of the business we discussed.
Jack Torrance: No need to rub it in, Mr. Grady.

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Jack Torrance: I like you, Lloyd. I always liked you. You were always the best of them. Best goddamned bartender from Timbuktu to Portland, Maine. Or Portland, Oregon, for that matter.

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Danny Torrance: Mom?
Wendy Torrance: Yeah?
Danny Torrance: Do you really want to go and live in that hotel for the winter?
Wendy Torrance: Sure I do. It'll be lots of fun.
Danny Torrance: Yeah, I guess so. Anyway, there's hardly anybody to play with around here.
Wendy

Torrance: Yeah, I know. It always takes a little time to make new friends.
Danny Torrance: Yeah, I guess so.
Wendy Torrance: What about Tony? He's lookin' forward to the hotel, I bet.
Danny Torrance: [Moving his finger to speak as "Tony"] No he isn't, Mrs. Torrance.
Wendy Torrance: Now come on,

Tony, don't be silly.
Danny Torrance: [as Tony] I don't want to go there, Mrs. Torrance.
Wendy Torrance: Well, how come you don't want to go?
Danny Torrance: [as Tony] I just don't.
Wendy Torrance: Well, let's just wait and see. We're all going to have a real good time.

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Dick Hallorann: We've got canned fruits and vegetables, canned fish and meats, hot and cold syrups, Post Toasties, Corn Flakes, Sugar Puffs, Rice Krispies, Oatmeal... and Cream of Wheat. You got...
[then, telepathically to Danny]
Dick Hallorann: How'd you like some ice cream, Doc?
Dick Hallorann: ...a dozen jugs of black

molasses, we got sixty boxes of dried milk, thirty twelve-pound bags of sugar... Now we got dried peaches, dried apricots, dried raisins and dried prunes. You know Mrs. Torrance, you got to keep regular, if you want to be happy!

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Injured Guest: [to Wendy] Great party, isn't it?

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Danny Torrance: [as Tony] Danny isn't here, Mrs. Torrance.

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Danny Torrance: Who's Tony?
Danny Torrance: He's the little boy that lives in his mouth.

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Jack Torrance: [staring at the drink in his hand] Here's to five miserable months on the wagon, and all the irreparable harm it has caused me.

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[about Wendy]
Delbert Grady: [voice-over] I feel you will have to deal with this matter in the harshest possible way, Mr. Torrance.
Jack Torrance: There's nothing I look forward to with greater pleasure, Mr. Grady.

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Lloyd: What will you be drinking, sir?
Jack Torrance: Hair of the dog that bit me, Lloyd.

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Jack Torrance: Well, that is quite a story.
Stuart Ullman: Yeah it is. It's still hard for me to believe it happened here. It did, and I think you can appreciate why I wanted to tell you about it.
Jack Torrance: I certainly can and I also understand why your people in Denver left it for you to tell me.
Stuart

Ullman: Well obviously some people can be put off by staying alone in a place where something like that actually happened.
Jack Torrance: Well you can rest assured, Mr. Ullman, that's not going to happen with me.

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Jack Torrance: Wendy, listen. Let me out of here and I'll forget the whole damn thing! It'll be just like nothing ever happened. Wendy, baby, I think you hurt my head real bad. I'm dizzy, I need a doctor. Honey, don't leave me here.

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Stuart Ullman: When the place was built in 1907, there was very little interest in winter sports. And this site was chosen for its seclusion and scenic beauty.
Jack Torrance: [laughs] Well, it's certainly got plenty of that.
Stuart Ullman: ...The winters can be fantastically cruel. And the basic idea is to cope with the very costly

damage and depreciation which can occur. And this consists mainly of running the boiler, heating different parts of the hotel on a daily, rotating basis, repair damage as it occurs, and doing repairs so that the elements can't get a foothold.
Jack Torrance: Well, that sounds fine to me.
Stuart Ullman: 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.
Jack Torrance: 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.
Stuart Ullman: That's very good Jack, because, uh, for some people, solitude and

isolation can, of itself become a problem.
Jack Torrance: Not for me.
Stuart Ullman: How about your wife and son? How do you think they'll take to it?
Jack Torrance: They'll love it.

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Delbert Grady: [to Jack, who's locked in the pantry] Your wife appears to be stronger than we imagined, Mr. Torrance. Somewhat more... resourceful. She seems to have got the better of you.
Jack Torrance: For the moment, Mr. Grady. Only for the moment.

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Danny Torrance: Tony, I'm scared.
[as Tony]
Danny Torrance: Remember what Mr. Hallorann said. It's just like pictures in a book, Danny. It isn't real.

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Dick Hallorann: Larry, just between you and me, we got a very serious problem with the people taking care of the place. They turned out to be completely unreliable assholes.

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[Wendy and Danny are having a race through the hedge maze while Jack works]
Wendy Torrance: The loser has to keep America clean!
[free of litter?]
Danny Torrance: Alright!
Wendy Torrance: [later] Whoo, we made it! I didn't think it was gonna be this big, did you?
Danny Torrance: nope!