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“Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.”
“That’s how it is on the outside. A whole life blown away in the blink of an eye. Nothing left but all the time in the world to think about it.”
“I have to remind myself that some birds aren’t meant to be caged. Their feathers are just too bright.”
“I guess it comes down to a simple choice, really. Get busy living or get busy dying.”
“I tell you, these walls are funny. First, you hate 'em, then you get used to 'em. Enough time passes, you get so you depend on them. That’s institutionalized.”
“I find I’m so excited that 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.”
“They send you here for life, that’s exactly what they’re taking.”
“That’s the beauty of music. They can’t get that from you.”