Green Mile Quotes: A Study of Memorable Lines from the Film

Time takes it all, whether you want it to or not.

We each owe a death – there are no exceptions – but, oh God, sometimes the Green Mile seems so long.

Death is just a part of life, something we’re all destined to do.

I’m tired, boss. Tired of being on the road, lonely as a sparrow in the rain.

I just about believe that very thing.

Memories are a house, and within that house are many rooms.

We think he’s a peculiar cat. A very peculiar cat, indeed.

Strange how pain marks our faces, and makes us look like family.

I dreamed of you. I dreamed you were wandering in the dark, and so was I. We found each other. We found each other in the dark.

When it comes to that place in life where the sun is gone, nothing remains but to pick up the light and lift it high.

I’ve done some things in my life I’m not proud of, but this is the first time I’ve ever felt in real danger.

A man feels the same way at 50 that he did at

It’s just harder to prove it to the people around him.

Just about all men are fools some-time or other.

We have to stand against the wall because it wouldn’t hold itself up.

Some thought the traveler from darkness to light, others the inevitable slide from innocence to corruption.

I think Mr. Jingles happened by accident. I think when we die, we can breathe again as long as that breath is for someone else.

We are each the love of someone?s life. It doesn?t matter if they know it or not, it is still true.

Time takes it all, whether you want it to or not.

Heaven is too high… hell is too low… just being here is good enough.

Miracles are funny things. You never know when they’re going to happen. And when they happen in a place like this, that’s the most wonderful miracle of all.

Death is an entity. It?s not a condition; it?s a certainty.?

You can?t hide what?s in your heart.

That’s the real magic of life, isn’t it? The ability to forgive.

Sometimes, oh God, the Green Mile seems so long.

You have to be big to admit small mistakes. And nothing is bigger than admitting you were wrong.

On the Green Mile is where the end of innocence and the beginning of manhood meet.

Life is a box of chocolates, Forrest. You never know what you’re gonna get.

We each owe a death ? there are no exceptions ? but, oh God, sometimes the Green Mile seems so long.

I’m tired, boss. Tired of being on the road, lonely as sparrow in the rain.

The Green Mile ain’t just a place. It’s the life in here.

Your life can depend on a mere gesture from you. A nod, for instance.

They kill with their love, says God, so I killed with mine.

You can’t hide what’s in your heart.

Time takes it all, whether you want it to or not.

We each owe a death, there are no exceptions.

Sometimes the embers are better than the campfire.

What happens on the mile stays on the mile.

I’m tired, boss. Tired of being on the road, lonely as a sparrow in the rain.

I’ve done some things in my life I’m not proud of, but this is the first time I’ve ever felt in real danger of hell.

Death is no more than passing from one room into another.

Heaven is just a mouse click away.

Let what is unknown stay unknown.

When the path is nonexistent, leave no trace.

The bad dream could be my time on earth.

The green mile seems so long.

Love is bitter yet it is the sustenance.

People hurt the ones they love. That’s how it is all around the world.

Michaelangelo, this world a prison, let me sing you a freedom song.

The last time I saw Paris, her heart was warm and gay.

We found each other in the dark.

We’re all just passing time and occupy our chair very briefly.

People die every day, Frankie. Mopping floors, washing dishes and you know what their last thought is? I never got my shot.