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The strong save themselves, the saints cross people
Jess 2022-04-22 07:01:02
A long road to freedom, a deep cleansing of the soul, and an immortal inspirational classic, "Hope" follows God's will and sleeps peacefully in the "Bible" with the hollowed out inner pages, attached to Andy's tall body, Crawling down 500 yards of sewers, in the end, the only dirty road took Andy to the Brave New World. This desperate and heavy redemption journey comes from the notorious Shawshank Prison, from the original work of thriller master Stephen King, and from the work of philosophical director Darabont. "The Shawshank Redemption" brings lasting sincere friendship, indomitable soul forging and endless fire of destiny. Hope does not need enthusiasm, enthusiasm is just an inadvertent impulse in the soul. In prison, when the process of life can only be measured by time, any high enthusiasm can only helplessly raise its hands to disappointment and accept the arrangement of fate fatefully. Only people with a clear heart can see the absurdity of life. Otherwise, people can only be wronged and helpless in the face of injustice, angry and violent in the face of oppression, rotten in adversity, or even lonely and hopeless in ordinary circumstances. Cowardice imprison people's soul, hope can feel freedom. The strong save themselves, and the saints cross people.
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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.