Jack Torrance

"True strength comes from embracing the darkness within."

"Marriage is a beautiful institution, until it isn't."

"A son needs a father to show him the way, even if it's the wrong way."

"The hotel chose me for a reason. I've always known that."

"Creation requires destruction. Art requires sacrifice."

"I'm not trapped here; I'm finally free."

"Some people are just meant to fail, meant to break."

"The truth is often too terrible to face."

"A man's ambition can be both his greatest strength and his undoing."

"I understand now what I was meant to understand all along."

"The walls have ears, and the hotel has a memory."

"Some doors open onto infinite possibility and infinite terror."

"A writer's job is to tell the truth, no matter how brutal."

"I've made my peace with what I've done and what I'll do."

"The forest path leads where all paths eventually lead."

"A man is defined by his choices, every single one."

"Wendy has never understood the demands placed on a man."

"The clock keeps ticking, and time keeps slipping away."

"I can feel the pressure building, the walls closing in."

"Success demands everything. Everything."

"The elevator doors open onto blood and madness."

"A man needs to prove himself, to show what he's made of."

"I've given everything for this, and I'll give more."

"The beauty of this place is in its darkness and decay."

"Some invitations cannot be refused, only accepted or destroyed."

"I am becoming something greater and more terrible than before."

"The winter will last forever if I have anything to say about it."

"A man must climb to the top, no matter who he crushes on the way."

"I see now that I was always meant to be here."

"The hotel and I are one. I am the hotel and it is me."