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Quotes from The Green Mile — Stephen King

b. 1947

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I'm rightly tired of the pain I hear and feel, boss. I'm tired of bein on the road, lonely as a robin in the rain.

The Green Mile (1996)

I'm tired of people bein ugly to each other.

The Green Mile (1996)

We each owe a death, there are no exceptions, I know that, but sometimes, oh God, the Green Mile is so long.

The Green Mile (1996)

I'm tired of all the times I've wanted to help and couldn't.

The Green Mile (1996)

"Your name is John Coffey."
"Yes, sir, boss, like the drink only not spelled the same way."

The Green Mile (1996)

This happened in 1932, when the state penitentiary was still at Cold Mountain. And the electric chair was there, too, of course.

The Green Mile (1996)

He looked like he could have snapped the chains that held him as easily as you might snap the ribbons on a Christmas present, but when you looked in his face, you knew he wasn't going to do anything like that.

The Green Mile (1996)

I think of John saying that Wharton killed the Detterick twins with their love for each other, and that it happens every day, all over the world. If it happens, God lets it happen, and when we say "I don't understand," God replies, "I don't care."

The Green Mile (1996)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Stephen King (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.