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The strong save themselves, the saints cross others
Lenna 2022-03-21 09:01:03
A long road to freedom, a deep wash of the soul, an immortal inspirational classic, "hope" to follow the will of God to sleep peacefully in the hollowed-out "Bible", attached to Andy's tall body, Creeping in the 500-yard sewer, in the end, the only dirty road sent Andy to a beautiful new world. This desperate and heavy journey of redemption comes from the notorious Shawshank Prison, from the original work of thriller master Stephen King, and from the work of philosophical director Darabont. "Shawshank's Redemption" brings about the everlasting sincere friendship, the indomitable soul forging and the endless fire of destiny. Hope does not require enthusiasm, passionate hope is just an inadvertent impulse in the depths of the soul. In prison, when the course of life can only be scaled by time, any soaring enthusiasm can only helplessly raise his hands to disappointment and accept destiny's arrangements fatally. Only people with a clear heart can see the absurdity of life. Otherwise, people can only feel wronged and helpless in the face of injustice, angry and violent in the face of oppression, decay in difficult situations, or even lonely and desperate in ordinary circumstances. Cowardice imprisons the soul of a person, and hopes to feel free. The strong will save themselves, and the saints will help others.
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The Shawshank Redemption quotes
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[after Brooks held a knife to Heywood's throat]
Andy Dufresne: I just don't understand what happened in there.
Heywood: Old man's crazy as a rat in a tin shithouse, is what.
Red: Oh Heywood, that's enough out of you!
Ernie: I heard he had you shittin' in your pants!
Heywood: Fuck you!
Red: Would you knock it off? Brooks ain't no bug. He's just... just institutionalized.
Heywood: Institutionalized, my ass.
Red: The man's been in here fifty years, Heywood. Fifty years! This is all he knows. In here, he's an important man. He's an educated man. Outside, he's nothin'! Just a used up con with arthritis in both hands.
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Red: [narrating, referring to the warden committing suicide] I'd like to think that the last thing that went through his head, other than that bullet, was to wonder how the hell Andy Dufresne ever got the best of him.