The Shining Quotes
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 : Well, it's certainly got plenty of that, ha, ha.
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.
Jack Torrance : Well, it's certainly got plenty of that, ha, ha.
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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Wendy Torrance : Hey. Wasn't it around here that the Donner Party got snowbound?
Jack Torrance : I think that was farther west in the Sierras.
Wendy Torrance : Oh.
Danny Torrance : What was the Donner Party?
Jack Torrance : They were a party of settlers in covered-wagon times. They got snowbound one winter in the mountains. They had to resort to cannibalism in order to stay alive.
Danny Torrance : You mean they ate each other up?
Jack Torrance : They had to, in order to survive.
Wendy Torrance : Jack...
Danny Torrance : Don't worry, Mom. I know all about cannibalism. I saw it on TV.
Jack Torrance : See, it's OK. He saw it on the television.
Jack Torrance : I think that was farther west in the Sierras.
Wendy Torrance : Oh.
Danny Torrance : What was the Donner Party?
Jack Torrance : They were a party of settlers in covered-wagon times. They got snowbound one winter in the mountains. They had to resort to cannibalism in order to stay alive.
Danny Torrance : You mean they ate each other up?
Jack Torrance : They had to, in order to survive.
Wendy Torrance : Jack...
Danny Torrance : Don't worry, Mom. I know all about cannibalism. I saw it on TV.
Jack Torrance : See, it's OK. He saw it on the television.
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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!
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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Dick Hallorann : I can remember when I was a little boy. My grandmother and I could hold conversations entirely without ever opening our mouths. She called it "shining." And for a long time, I thought it was just the two of us that had the shine to us. Just like you probably thought you was the only one. But there are other folks, though mostly they don't know it, or don't believe it. How long have you been able to do it?... Why don't you want to talk about it?
Danny Torrance : I'm not supposed to.
Dick Hallorann : Who said you ain't supposed to?
Danny Torrance : Tony.
Dick Hallorann : Who's Tony?
Danny Torrance : Tony is a little boy that lives in my mouth.
Dick Hallorann : Is Tony the one that tells you things?
Danny Torrance : Yes.
Dick Hallorann : How does he tell you things?
Danny Torrance : It's like I go to sleep, and he shows me things. But when I wake up, I can't remember everything.
Dick Hallorann : Does your Mom and Dad know about Tony?
Danny Torrance : Yes.
Dick Hallorann : Do they know he tells you things?
Danny Torrance : No. Tony told me never to tell 'em.
Dick Hallorann : Has Tony ever told you anything about this place? About the Overlook Hotel?
Danny Torrance : I don't know.
Dick Hallorann : Now think real hard now. Think.
Danny Torrance : Maybe he showed me something.
Dick Hallorann : Try to think of what it was.
Danny Torrance : Mr. Hallorann, are you scared of this place?
Dick Hallorann : No. Scared - there's nothin' here. It's just that, you know, some places are like people. Some "shine" and some don't. I guess you coul
Danny Torrance : I'm not supposed to.
Dick Hallorann : Who said you ain't supposed to?
Danny Torrance : Tony.
Dick Hallorann : Who's Tony?
Danny Torrance : Tony is a little boy that lives in my mouth.
Dick Hallorann : Is Tony the one that tells you things?
Danny Torrance : Yes.
Dick Hallorann : How does he tell you things?
Danny Torrance : It's like I go to sleep, and he shows me things. But when I wake up, I can't remember everything.
Dick Hallorann : Does your Mom and Dad know about Tony?
Danny Torrance : Yes.
Dick Hallorann : Do they know he tells you things?
Danny Torrance : No. Tony told me never to tell 'em.
Dick Hallorann : Has Tony ever told you anything about this place? About the Overlook Hotel?
Danny Torrance : I don't know.
Dick Hallorann : Now think real hard now. Think.
Danny Torrance : Maybe he showed me something.
Dick Hallorann : Try to think of what it was.
Danny Torrance : Mr. Hallorann, are you scared of this place?
Dick Hallorann : No. Scared - there's nothin' here. It's just that, you know, some places are like people. Some "shine" and some don't. I guess you coul
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Danny Torrance : Dad?
Jack Torrance : Yes?
Danny Torrance : Do you like this hotel?
Jack Torrance : Yes. I do. I love it. Don't you?
Danny Torrance : I guess so.
Jack Torrance : Good. I want you to like it here. I wish we could stay here forever... and ever... and ever.
Jack Torrance : Yes?
Danny Torrance : Do you like this hotel?
Jack Torrance : Yes. I do. I love it. Don't you?
Danny Torrance : I guess so.
Jack Torrance : Good. I want you to like it here. I wish we could stay here forever... and ever... and ever.
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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.
Danny Torrance : Remember what Mr. Hallorann said. It's just like pictures in a book, Danny. It isn't real.
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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 OK, it's OK 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.
Wendy Torrance : It's OK, it's OK 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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Jack Torrance : God, I'd give anything for a drink. I'd give my god-damned soul for just a glass of beer.
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Delbert Grady : Did you know, Mr. Torrance, that your son is attempting to bring an outside party into this situation? Did you know that?
Jack Torrance : No.
Delbert Grady : He is, Mr. Torrance.
Jack Torrance : Who?
Delbert Grady : A nigger.
Jack Torrance : A nigger?
Delbert Grady : A nigger cook.
Jack Torrance : How?
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.
Jack Torrance : He is a very willful boy.
Delbert Grady : Indeed he is, Mr. Torrance. A very willful boy. A rather naughty boy, if I may be so bold, sir.
Jack Torrance : It's his mother. She, uh, interferes.
Delbert Grady : 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.
Jack Torrance : No.
Delbert Grady : He is, Mr. Torrance.
Jack Torrance : Who?
Delbert Grady : A nigger.
Jack Torrance : A nigger?
Delbert Grady : A nigger cook.
Jack Torrance : How?
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.
Jack Torrance : He is a very willful boy.
Delbert Grady : Indeed he is, Mr. Torrance. A very willful boy. A rather naughty boy, if I may be so bold, sir.
Jack Torrance : It's his mother. She, uh, interferes.
Delbert Grady : 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.
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Lloyd : How are things going, Mr. Torrance?
Jack Torrance : Things could be better, Lloyd. Things could be a whole lot better.
Jack Torrance : Things could be better, Lloyd. Things could be a whole lot better.
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Jack Torrance : Little pigs, little pigs, let me come in. Not by the hair of your chiny-chin-chin? Well then I'll huff and I'll puff, and I'll blow your house in. [ axes the door ]
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Jack Torrance : 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.
Grady : That's strange, sir. I don't have any recollection of that at all.
Grady : That's strange, sir. I don't have any recollection of that at all.
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Jack Torrance : Here's to five miserable months on the wagon, and all the irreparable harm it has caused me.
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Grady daughter, Grady Daughter : Hello Danny. Come and play with us. Come and play with us, Danny. Forever... and ever... and ever.
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Stuart Ullman : The police thought that it was what the old-timers used to call cabin fever. A kind of claustrophobic reaction which can occur when people are shut in together over long periods of time.
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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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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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Delbert Grady : I and others have come to a believe, that your heart is not in this, that you don't have the belly for it.
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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 : I don't suppose they told you anything in Denver about the tragedy we had in the Winter of nineteen seventy.
Jack Torrance : I don't believe they did.
Stuart Ullman : My predecessor in this job left a man named Charles Grady as the Winter caretaker. And he came up here with his wife and two little girls, I think were eight and ten. And he had a good employment record, good references, and from what I've been told he seemed like a completely normal individual. But at some point during the winter, he must have suffered some kind of a complete mental breakdown. He ran a muck and killed his family with an axe. Stacked them neatly in one of the rooms in the West wing and then he, he put both barrels of a shot gun in his mouth.
Jack Torrance : I don't believe they did.
Stuart Ullman : My predecessor in this job left a man named Charles Grady as the Winter caretaker. And he came up here with his wife and two little girls, I think were eight and ten. And he had a good employment record, good references, and from what I've been told he seemed like a completely normal individual. But at some point during the winter, he must have suffered some kind of a complete mental breakdown. He ran a muck and killed his family with an axe. Stacked them neatly in one of the rooms in the West wing and then he, he put both barrels of a shot gun in his mouth.
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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.
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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Wendy Torrance : [ to Jack ] It's amazing how fast you get used to such a big place. I tell you, when we first came up here I thought it was kinda scary.
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Wendy Torrance : [ to Jack ] You son of a bitch! You did this to him, didn't you! How could you! How could you!
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