Well, you know, Doc, when something happens, it can leave a trace of itself behind. Say, like if someone burns toast.

— Dick Hallorann (Scatman Crothers)

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17 seconds sound clip from the The Shining (1980) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:21:55 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Tony told me never to tell them.

- Has Tony ever told you anything about this place? About the Overlook Hotel?

- I don't know. (2)

- Now think real hard, Doc. Think.

- Is there something bad here?

- Well, you know, Doc, when something happens, it can leave a trace of itself behind. Say, like if someone burns toast.

- Well, maybe things that happen leave other kind of traces behind. Not things that anyone can notice. But things that people who shine can see.

- Just like they can see things that haven't happened yet, well, sometimes they can see things that happened a long time ago.

- I think a lot of things happened right here in this particular hotel over the years. And not all of them was good.

- What about room 237? You're scared of room 237, ain't you?

[...]

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