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The Shining

Jack Torrance’s new job at the Overlook Hotel is the perfect chance for a fresh start. As the off-season caretaker at the atmospheric old hotel, he’ll have plenty of time to spend reconnecting with his family and working on his writing. But as the harsh w

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“The truth is that monsters are real, and ghosts are real, too. They live inside us, and sometimes they win.”

— Stephen King, amazon.com

Tagged: monsters, Ghosts

“The truth is that monsters are real, and ghosts are real, too. They live inside us, and sometimes they win.”

— Stephen King, amazon.com

Tagged: Life, self, Psychology, Psychological, Mind

“Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.”

— Stephen King, amazon.com

Tagged: Horror, Why things scare us

“Any big hotels have got scandals. Just like every big hotel has got a ghost. Why? Hell, people come and go.”

— Stephen King, amazon.com

Tagged: creepy, hotels, Ghosts, haunting, Haunted

“Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.”

— Stephen King, amazon.com

Tagged: creepy, monsters, Ghosts, Supernatural, Evil

“Sometimes human places, create inhuman monsters.”

— Stephen King, amazon.com

Tagged: human, monsters, Demons, Stephen King Quotes

“Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.”

— Stephen King, amazon.com

Tagged: monsters, Stephen King, Demons

“Jack Torrance thought: Officious little prick.”

— Stephen King, amazon.com

Tagged: first lines of books, Prick, Jack Torrance Quotes

“Jack Torrance thought: Officious little prick.”

— Stephen King, amazon.com

Tagged: first lines of books

“His breath stopped in a gasp. An almost drowsy terror stole through his veins. Yes. Yes. There was something in here with him, some awful thing the Overlook had saved for just such a chance as this. Maybe a huge spider that had burrowed down under the dead leaves, or a rat... or maybe the corpse of…”

— Stephen King, amazon.com

Tagged: Fear, monsters

“Wendy? Darling? Light, of my life. I'm not gonna hurt ya. I'm just going to bash your brains in.”

— Stephen King, amazon.com

Tagged: Death, Love, Fear