Shawshank Redemption quotes

• Remember, Red, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things. And no good thing ever dies.

• I guess it comes down to a simple choice, really — "Get busy livin' or get busy dyin'."

• The funny thing is — on the outside, I was an honest man, straight as an arrow. I had to come to prison to be a crook.

• Hope is a dangerous thing. Hope can drive a man insane.

• 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 more drab and empty that they're gone.

~ by theone on April 7, 2006.