Our memories have voices, too. Often sad ones that clamor like raised arms in the dark.

She nods. You're good for the ones you love. You want to be good for the ones you love, because you know that your time with them will end up being too short, no matter how long it is.

I have to remind myself that some birds aren’t meant to be caged. Their feathers are just too bright.

Pain is the biggest power of love.

It was really amazing the number of hard hits from which a mind could recover.

He needs to be corrected, if you don't mind me saying so. He needs a good talking-to, and perhaps a bit more. My own girls, sir, didn't care for the Overlook at first. One of them actually stole a pack of my matches and tried to burn it down. I corrected them. I corrected them most harshly. And when my wife tried to stop me from doing my duty, I corrected her.

Dreams age faster than dreamers.