Warden Samuel Norton: Do you enjoy working in the laundry?Andy Dufresne: No sir, not especially.
Andy Dufresne: That's the beauty of music. They can't get that from you... Haven't you ever felt that way about music?Red: I played a mean harmonica as a younger man. Lost interest in it though. Didn't make much sense in here.Andy Dufresne: Here's where it makes the most sense. You need it so you don't forget.Red: Forget?Andy Dufresne: Forget that... there are places in this world that aren't made out of stone. That there's something inside... that they can't get to, that they can't touch. That's yours.Red: What're you talking about?Andy Dufresne: Hope.
I guess it comes down to a simple choice, really. Get busy living, or get busy dying.
It's my life.
