The Green Mile

Miracles happen in the most unexpected places.

"A big man is ripping your ears off Percy. I'd do as he says."

    --  Paul Edgecomb
 

"I think this boy's cheese has done slid off his cracker."

    --  Bill Dodge
 

"Your name is John Coffey?"
"Yes sir boss. Like the drink, only not spelled the same."
"Oh, you can spell can you?"
"Just my name boss."

    --  Paul Edgecomb and John Coffey
 

"Do you leave a light on after bedtime? Because I get a little scared in the dark sometimes. If it's a strange place."

    --  John Coffey

"The man is mean, careless, and stupid. Bad combination in a place like this."

    --  Paul Edgecomb
 

"What happens on the mile stays on the mile. Always has."

    --  Paul Edgecomb

 

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

    --  John Coffey
 

"John, do you know where we're taking you?"
"Help a lady?"
"That's right. But how do you know?"
"Don't know. To tell the truth, Boss, I don't know much'o anything."

    --  Paul Edgecomb, John Coffey, and Brutus Howell
 

"What's your name?"
"John Coffey, ma'am."
"Like the drink, only not spelled the same."
"No, ma'am. Not spelt the same at all."

    --  Melinda Moores and John Coffey
 

"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."

    --  Melinda Moores

"That's a smart mouse, Del, he's like a circus mouse."
"Correct, that's just what he is too. He's a circus mouse. When I get outta here, he's gonna make me famous."

    --  John Coffey and Eduard Delacroix
 

"Don't forgot about Mouseville."
"Hey. There's no such place. It's just a fairytale these guys told you to keep you quiet. Just thought you should know, faggot."

    --  Eduard Delacroix and Percy Wetmore
 

"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."

    --  Paul Edgecomb

 

"What did you do, big boy? What did you do to me?"
"I helped it. Didn't I help it?"
"Yes, but... how?"
"Just took it back, is all. Awful tired now, boss. Dog tired."

    --  Paul Edgecomb and John Coffey
 

"What do you want me to do John? I'll do it. You want me to let you walk out of here and see how far you get?"
"Now why would you want to do a foolish thing like that?"
"When I die and I stand before God awaiting judgment and he asks me why I let one of HIS miracles die, what am I gonna say, that it was my job?"

    --  Paul Edgecomb and John Coffey
 

"I guess sometimes the past just catches up with you, whether you want it to or not."

    --  Old Paul Edgecomb
 

"I tried to take it back, Boss."

    --  John Coffey
 

"Heaven, I'm in heaven... heaven... heaven..."

    --  John Coffey