“And darkness. You can’t see it no more than you can see air, but when it’s all around you sure enough know it.”
― Serena
― Serena
“Tough old world, baby. If you're not bolted together tightly, you're gonna shake, rattle, and roll before you turn thirty.”
― The Shining
― The Shining
“Innocence to experience. Human nature, baby. Grab it and growl.”
― The Shining
― The Shining
“There are times when the ocean is not the ocean - not blue, not even water, but some violent explosion of energy and danger: ferocity on a scale only gods can summon. It hurls itself at the island, sending spray right over the top of the lighthouse, biting pieces off the cliff. And the sound is a roaring of a beast whose anger knows no limits. Those are the nights the light is needed most.”
― The Light Between Oceans
― The Light Between Oceans
“The carpeting on the stair risers caught, racing up to the first-floor level as if to tell dreadful good news.”
― The Shining
― The Shining
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