The wife whose sweetly given reply in the face of any problem would be, "Whatever you think is best, dear." Women, take note: a wife like that never needs to fear bubbling away the last of her life through a cut throat.

The shining. It was a good name, a comforting name, because she had always thought of it as a dark thing.

Waiting rooms were made for books-of course! But so are theater lobbies before the show, long and boring checkout lines, and everyone's favorite, the john.

I don't ask myself, "Well, does God exist or does God not exist?" I choose to believe that God exists, and therefore I can say, "God, I can't do this by myself. Help me not to take a drink today. Help me not to take a drug today." And that works fine for me.

She can't help it,' he said. 'She's got the soul of a poet and the emotional makeup of a junkyard dog.

sometimes an accident can be an unhappy womans best friend

A dimwit thinks nothing is funny unless it's mean.