Which dialogue do you like best in The Shawshank Redemption?

Hi Amy. Good to hear that someone liked the film too. It was not very well-received when it first came out, probably because they thought it was the usual 'prison' movie. Only much later did people noticed the film. The film is as much about friendship as it is of hope. As the film is quite long, both in the actual running time and in the span of the film's storyline, the friendship between Ellis Boyd "Red" and Andy Dufresne is explored with much depth. Their character really develops as the story unfolds, and not merely touching the surface. There are so many memorable scenes and dialogues in this film. Perfomance wise, i liked Morgan Freeman's character, Red better. Some of my favourite line from the movie has to be: From Andy: "You know what the Mexicans say about the Pacific? They say it has no memory. That's where i want to live the rest of my life. A warm place with no memory." After which Andy goes on to show that he has Red in mind all along in his plan after his escape. And this further cemented his commitment to their friendship. A great scene where both of them really get to some heart-to-heart talk with each other. From Red (at the final parole hearing before his release: "Rehabilitated? Well now, let me see. You know i don't have any idea what that means...What do you really want to know? Am i sorry for what i did? There's not a day goes by i don't feel regret. Not because i'm here or because you think i should. I look back on the way i was then. A young, stupid kid who committed that terrible crime. I want to talk to him. I want to try and talk some sense to him. Tell him the way things are. But i can't. That kid's long gone. This old man is all that's left. I got to live with that." Try to observe the emotion he was trying to convey in his facial expression; it was so natural he did not even have to try. In this one short and seemingly simple scene, he proved that he was a brilliant actor. Even the monologue scene with Brooks Hatlen, played by James Whitmore is outstanding (and heartrending in his portrayal of a lonely old man without friends and family). "I have trouble sleeping at night. I have bad dreams like i'm falling. I wake up scared. Sometimes it takes me a while to remember where i am. I'm tired of being afraid all the time. I've decided not to stay." But my favourite has to be his Red's final monologue scene before the film ends. "Terrible thing to live in fear. Brooks Hatlen knew it all too well. All i want is to be back where things make sense. Where i won't have to be afraid all the time. Only one thing stops me. A promise i made to Andy". And the final scene from riding in the bus upto the time both of them finally met. "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." There's not many film (eastern and western) that can make me felt a lump in my throat (ha-ha) but this final scene alone did just that. The film does not have any fancy special effects or stylish action sequences, or beautiful faces, but it was so much better than many which did.