Stephen King Quotes About Redemption

Quotes about: Redemption

• It's a little place on the Pacific Ocean. You know what the Mexicans say about the Pacific? They say it has no memory. That's where I want to live the rest of my life. A warm place with no memory.

  Stephen King

  Memories, Ocean, Redemption

• Remember, Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.

  Stephen King

  Inspirational, Hope, Redemption

  "'Different Seasons' ('Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption')". Book by Stephen King, 1982.

• Let me tell you something my friend. Hope is a dangerous thing. Hope can drive a man insane.

  Stephen King

  Men, Insane, Redemption

  "Fictional character: Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding". "The Shawshank Redemption", www.imdb.com. September 10, 1994.

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

  Stephen King

  Bird, Prison Life, Redemption

  "The Shawshank Redemption". www.imdb.com. 1994.

• Get busy living, or get busy dying.

  Stephen King

  Inspirational, Life, Movie

  Different Seasons "Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption" (1982)

• What do you really want to know? Am I sorry for what I did? There's not a day goes by I don't feel regret. Not because I'm in here, but because you think I should be. I look back on the way I was. A young, stupid kid that committed that terrible crime. I want to talk to him. I want to try to talk some sense to him. Tell him the way things are. But I can't. That kid's long gone, and this old man is all that's left.

  Stephen King

  Sorry, Regret, Stupid

• Andy Dufresne: 'That's the beauty of music. They can't get that from you...haven't you ever felt that way about music?' Red: 'I played a mean harmonica as a younger man. Lost interest in it though. Didn't make much sense in here.' Andy: 'Here's where it makes the most sense. You need it so you don't forget.' Red: 'Forget?' Andy: 'Forget that...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.' Red: 'What're you talking about?' Andy: 'Hope.'

  Stephen King

  Mean, Men, Talking

  "Fictional characters: Andy Dufresne and Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding". "The Shawshank Redemption", www.imdb.com. 1994.

• 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. I hope I can make it across the border. I hope to see my friend, and shake his hand. I hope the Pacific is as blue as it has been in my dreams. I hope.

  Stephen King

  Dream, Journey, Men

  "Fictional character: Red". "The Shawshank Redemption", www.imdb.com. 1994.

• Terrible thing to live in fear. Brooks Hatlen knew it. Knew it all too well. All I want is to be back where things make sense. Where I won't have to be afraid all the time.

  Stephen King

  Redemption, Want, Brooks

  "The Shawshank Redemption". www.imdb.com. 1994.

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