Andy Dufresne - who crawled through a river of shit and came out clean on the other side.
Bogs Diamond: Now, I'm gonna open my fly and you're gonna swallow what I give ya to swallow. And after you swallow mine you're gonna swallow Rooster's cause ya done broke his nose and I think he oughta have something to show for it.Andy Dufresne: Anything you put in my mouth you're gonna lose.Bogs Diamond: Naw, you don't understand. You do that and I'll put all eight inches of steel in your ear.Andy Dufresne: All right. But you should know that sudden serious brain injury causes the victim to bite down hard. In fact, I hear the bite reflex is so strong they have to pry the victims jaws open with a crowbar.Bogs Diamond: Where do you get this shit?Andy Dufresne: I read it. You know how to read, you ignorant fuck?
It's my life.
I find I'm so excited, I can barely sit still or hold a thought in my head. I think it's 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.