Comparative Quotes

Andy to Red

Get busy living or get busy dying

Andy talks about tax evading for the warden

on the outside, I was an honest man. I had to come a prison to become a crook.

Warden is furious after Andy mentions the possibility of him getting out

Don’t you ever talk to me about money again, you sorry son of a bitch! Not in this office, not anywhere!

Warden tells Andy…

Salvation lies within

Red talking about andy’s escape

Andy Dufresne - who crawled through a river of shit and came out clean on the other side.

Red talks about Brookes’ passing on the outside

First you hate 'em, then you get used to 'em. Enough time passes, you get so old you depend on them. That's institutionalized.