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I have to remind myself that some birds aren’t meant to be caged. Their feathers are just too bright. And when they fly away, the part of you that knows it was a sin to lock them up does rejoice.
That’s the beauty of music. They can’t take that away from you.
She was beautiful. God, I loved her. I just didn’t know how to show it; that’s all.
There’s always more than just one choice.
Shawshank Redemption Quotes
I Have To Remind Myself That Some Birds Aren’t Meant To Be Caged.― Ellis
Andy Dufresne, the man who crawled through 500 yards of shit and came out clean on the other end.
She was beautiful. God, I loved her. I just didn’t know how to show it; that’s all. I killed her, Red. I didn’t pull the trigger, but I drove her away. And that’s why she died, because of me.
I tell you those voices soared higher and farther than anybody in a gray place dares to dream.
killed her, Red. I didn’t pull the trigger, but I drove her away. And that’s why she died, because of me.
Hope can be so bad but sometimes it’s also the one thing that keeps you going.
Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things.
I’m a rockhound. At least I was in my old life. I’d like to be again, on a limited scale.
That’s where I want to live the rest of my life. A warm place with no memory.
I don’t waste time on losers, Tommy.
Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies. – Andy Dufresne
Sometimes, music is enough to break all chains.
I guess it comes down to a simple choice, really. Get busy livin’ or get busy dying
If you’re at peace on the inside, there’s really nothing on the outside that can bother you.
Get busy living or get busy dying.
There’s a con like me in every prison in America, I guess. I’m the guy who can get it for you. Cigarettes, a bag of reefer if you’re partial, and a bottle of brandy to celebrate your kid’s high school graduation. Damn near anything, within reason. Yes, sir, I’m a regular Sears & Roebuck.
There are places in this world that aren’t made out of stone. That there’s something inside… that they can’t get to, that they can’t touch. That’s yours.
My wife used to say I’m a hard man to know. Like a closed book. Complained about it all the time.
I find I’m so excited, I can barely sit still or hold a thought in my head. I think it’s the excitement only a free man can feel, a free man at the start of a long journey whose conclusion is uncertain.
It’s my life. Don’t you understand? It’s my life!
Guess it comes down to a simple choice, really. Get busy living, or get busy dying. – Andy Dufresne
Let me tell you something, my friend. Hope is a dangerous thing. Hope can drive a man insane. ― Andy Dufresne, Shawshank Redemption
There’s so much regret inside us, but nowhere to let it out.
Whatever mistakes I made, I paid for them and then some.
I was in the path of the tornado. I just didn’t expect the storm would last as long as it has.
You need it so you don’t forget. Forget that there are places in the world that aren’t made out of stone. That there’s a – there’s a – there’s something inside that’s yours, that they can’t touch.
I have to remind myself that some birds are meant to be caged. – Ellis Red Redding
Fear can hold you, prisoner. Hope can set you free. — Stephen King,
A warm place with no memory sounds perfect.
I think a man working outdoors feels more like a man if he can have a bottle of suds. That’s only my opinion.
The world went and got itself in a big damn hurry.
I have to remind myself that some birds aren’t meant to be caged. Their feathers are just too bright. And when they fly away, the part of you that knows it was a sin to lock them up does rejoice. Still, the place you live in is that much drab and empty than they’re gone.
I had Mr. Mozart to keep me company…[He points and taps his head] It was in here. [And he gestures over his heart] And in here. That’s the beauty of music. They can’t get that from you. Haven’t you ever felt that way about music?
Some birds aren’t meant to be caged.
What’s that going to earn you? Two-and-a-half, three percent a year? We can do a lot better than that. So tell me, Mr. Dekins. Where do you want to send your kids? Harvard? Yale?
I don’t have to listen to rumors about a man when I can judge him for myself.
I could see why some of the boys took him for snobby. He had a quiet way about him, a walk and a talk that just wasn’t normal around here. He strolled, like a man in a park without a care or a worry in the world, as he had on an invisible coat that would shield him from this place.
Whatever mistakes I made, I paid for them and then some. – Andy Dufresne
That’s where I want to live the rest of my life. A warm place with no memory. ― Andy Dufresne, Shawshank Redemption
Do you ever wonder what someone was thinking at the moment they died?
What you hear isn’t even half of it. He’s got scams you haven’t even dreamed of. Kickbacks on his kickbacks. There’s a river of dirty money running through this place.
Geology is the study of pressure and time. That’s all it takes really, pressure and time.
I must admit I didn’t think much of Andy the first time I laid eyes on him; looked like a stiff breeze would blow him over. That was my first impression of the man.
The man likes to play chess; let’s get him some rocks. – Ellis Red Redding
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It goes back to what I said about Andy wearing his freedom like an invisibility coat, about how he never really developed a prison mentality. His eyes never got that dull look.― Ellis Boy Red Redding, Shawshank Redemption
Prison can get the best of anyone.
I find I’m so excited I can barely sit still or hold a thought in my head. I think it is the excitement only a free man can feel, a free man at the start of a long journey whose conclusion is uncertain.
What was right with him he’d only give you a little at a time. What was wrong with him he kept bottled up inside. – Ellis Red Redding
We sat and drank with the sun on our shoulders and felt like free men. ― Ellis
I look back on the way I was then: a young, stupid kid who committed that terrible crime. I want to talk to him. I want to try and talk some sense to him, tell him the way things are. But I can’t.
A small mistake can blow your life out of proportion.
That’s the one thing they can’t confiscate, not ever. That’s the beauty of it. Haven’t you ever felt that way about music, Red?
I guess it comes down to a simple choice really. Get busy living or get busy dying.
These walls are funny. First, you hate ’em. Then you get used to ’em. Enough time passes, and you get so you depend on them. That’s institutionalized.
Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank Prison. All they found of him was a muddy set of prison clothes, a bar of soap, and an old rock hammer, damn near worn down to the nub. I remember thinking it would take a man six hundred years to tunnel through the wall with it. Old Andy did it in less than twenty.
We never acknowledge how free we are until we aren’t.
It’s my life. Don’t you understand? It’s my life!
Writing about yourself seems to be a lot like sticking a branch into clear river water and rolling up the muddy bottom.
I guess it comes down to a simple choice, really: Get busy living, or get busy dying. Dear Warden, you were right. Salvation lay within.
I’d hate to deprive you of this. Salvation lies within.
Lord, it’s a miracle! A man up and vanished like a fart in the wind. ―
Hope is a dangerous thing. Hope can drive a man insane.
A whole life is blown away in the blink of an eye. Nothing left but all the time in the world to think about it.
We sat and drank with the sun on our shoulders and felt like free men. Hell, we could have been tarring the roof of one of our own houses. We were the lords of all creation. As for Andy, he spent that break hunkered in the shade — a strange little smile on his face — watching us drink beer.
They send you here for life, and that’s exactly what they take.
You need it so you don’t forget. Forget that there are places in the world that aren’t made out of stone. That there’s a — there’s a — there’s something inside that’s yours, that they can’t touch.
First, you hate them. Then you get used to them. Enough time passes, and it gets so you depend on them. That’s institutionalized.
It’s funny. On the outside, I was an honest man. Straight as an arrow. I had to come to prison to be a crook.
We sat and drank with the sun on our shoulders and felt like free men.
Bad luck, I guess. It floats around. It’s got to land on somebody. It was my turn, that’s all. I was in the path of the tornado. I just didn’t expect the storm would last as long as it has.
I have to remind myself that some birds aren’t meant to be caged. Their feathers are just too bright.
In prison, a man will do almost anything to keep his mind occupied.
His first night in the joint, Andy Dufresne cost me two packs of cigarettes. He never made a sound.
I was in the path of the tornado… I just didn’t expect the storm would last as long as it has.
Andy Dufresne – who crawled through a river of shit, and came out clean on the other side.
Let me tell you something, my friend. Hope is a dangerous thing. Hope can drive a man insane.
I believe in two things: discipline and the bible. Here you’ll see both. Put your trust in the Lord – your ass belongs to me! Welcome to Shawshank!
I like to think the last thing that went through his head, other than that bullet, was how the hell Andy Dufrense got the best of him.
If you’ve come this far, maybe you’re willing to come a little further. – Andy Dufresne
Believe what you want. These walls are funny. First, you hate ‘em, then you get used to ‘em. After long enough, you get so you depend on ‘em. That’s ‘institutionalized.
Prison life consists of routine, and then more routine.
I can’t believe how fast things move on the outside. I saw an automobile once when I was a kid, but now they’re everywhere! The world went and got itself in a big damn hurry.
He had enough rocks to keep him busy ‘til rapture.
I understand you’re a man who knows how to get things.
Geology is the study of pressure and time. That’s all it takes, really. Pressure and time.
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