What are a few good quote to do with friendship in The Shawshank Redemption?

Question

I need this quote for an essay for school which is on themes in the movie (Friendship, The need for Hope and The effect of institutionalisation). if i could get an answer very quickly that would be great.

Answer 1

The letter Red finds demonstrates Andy's enduring friendship towards Red and his hope for their future.

Dear Red,

If you're reading this, then you're out. One way or another, you're out. And if you've followed along this far, you might be willing to come a little further. I think you remember the name of the town, don't you? I could use a good man to help me get my project on wheels.

Meantime, have a drink on me - and do think it over. I will be keeping an eye out for you. Remember that hope is a good thing, Red, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies. I will be hoping that this letter finds you, and find you well.

Your friend,

Peter Stevens(Andy's alias)

The last lines of the movie also include both themes.

Red: [narrating] 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.

These are effective quotes on institutionalization:

... you do get institutionalized. When you take away a man's freedom and teach him to live in a cell, he seems to lose his ability to think in dimensions. He's like that jackrabbit I mentioned, frozen in the oncoming lights of the track that is bound to kill it. More often than not a con who's just out will pull some dumb job that hasn't a chance in h**l of succeeding... and why? Because it'll get him back inside. Back where he understands how things work.

I couldn't do it," I said. "I couldn't get along on the outside. I'm what they call an institutional man now. In here I'm the man who can get it for you, yeah. But out there, anyone can get it for you. Out there, if you want posters or rock-hammers or one particular record or a boat-in-a-bottle model kit, you can use the ******* Yellow Pages. In here. I'm the ******* Yellow Pages. I wouldn't know how to begin. Or where."

Answer 2

GOOD MOVIE... HERE'S A FEW:

Red: "You could argue he'd done it to curry favor with the guards. Or, maybe make a few friends among us cons. Me, I think he did it just to feel normal again, if only for a short while."

Red: "Making a few friends, huh Andy?"

Andy: "I wouldn't say friends. I'm a convicted murderer who provides sound financial planning - it's a wonderful pet to have."

Red: "I have to remind myself that some birds aren't meant to be caged. Their feathers are just too bright. And when they fly away, the part of you that knows it was a sin to lock them up DOES rejoice. Still, the place you live in is that much more drab and empty that they're gone. I guess I just miss my friend."

Answer 3

Let me tell you something my friend. Hope is a dangerous thing. Hope can drive a man insane.

Forget that... there are places in this world that aren't made out of stone. That there's something inside... that they can't get to, that they can't touch. That's yours.

What're you talking about?

Hope.

Remember Red, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.