Film Quotes #2

Let me tell you something my friend. Hope is a dangerous thing. Hope can drive a man insane. -The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

It's my life. Don't you understand? IT'S MY LIFE! -The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

Because I want it over and done. I do. I'm tired, boss. Tired of bein' on the road, lonely as a sparrow in the rain. Tired of not ever having me a buddy to be with, or tell me where we's coming from or going to, or why. Mostly I'm tired of people being ugly to each other. I'm tired of all the pain I feel and hear in the world everyday. There's too much of it. It's like pieces of glass in my head all the time. Can you understand? -The Green Mile (1999)

Paul Edgecomb: What do you want, John Coffey? John Coffey: Just to help -The Green Mile (1999)

I guess sometimes the past just catches up with you, whether you want it to or not. -The Green Mile

The soil in a man's heart is stonier. -Pet Sematary (1989)

Well, you know, Doc, when something happens, you can leave a trace of itself behind. Say like, if someone burns toast. Well, maybe things that happen leave other kinds 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. -The Shining (1980)

Tomorrow is another day. -Gone with the wind (1939)

My darling, you're such a child. You think that by saying, "I'm sorry," all the past can be corrected. -Gone with the wind (1939)

Rhett Butler: Did you ever think of marrying just for fun? Scarlett: Marriage, fun? Fiddle-dee-dee. Fun for men you mean. -Gone with the wind (1939)

With enough courage, you can do without a reputation. -Gone with the wind (1939)

How fickle is woman. -Gone with the wind (1939)

We all know the story. Virginal girl, pure and sweet, trapped in the body of a swan. She desires freedom but only true love can break the spell. Her wish is nearly granted in the form of a prince, but before he can declare his love her lustful twin, the black swan, tricks and seduces him. Devastated the white swan leaps of a cliff killing herself and, in death, finds freedom. -Black Swan (2010)

It's hard to stay mad, when there's so much beauty in the world. Sometimes I feel like I'm seeing it all at once, and it's too much, my heart fills up like a balloon that's about to burst... And then I remember to relax, and stop trying to hold on to it, and then it flows through me like rain and I can't feel anything but gratitude for every single moment of my stupid little life... You have no idea what I'm talking about, I'm sure. But don't worry... you will someday. -American Beauty (1999)

Lester Burnham: I feel like I've been in a coma for the past twenty years. And I'm just now waking up. -American Beauty (1999)

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