The Shining

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

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

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

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

"The elevator doors open onto blood and madness."

"Success demands everything. Everything."

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"The truth is often too terrible to face."

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

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

"Creation requires destruction. Art requires sacrifice."

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

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

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

"True strength comes from embracing the darkness within."

"I've seen things in this place that shouldn't exist."

"The past is a ghost that haunts the present."

"A man needs to feel important, to matter somehow."

"Violence is sometimes the only language people understand."

"I came here to write, but the hotel had other plans."