The Green Mile

"On the day of my judgment, when I stand before God, and He asks me why did I kill one of his true miracles, what am I gonna say? That it was my job? My job?"

"They usually call death row the Last Mile, but we called ours the Green Mile, because the floor was the color of faded limes. We had the electric chair then. Old Sparky, we called it. I've lived a lot of years, Ellie, but 1935 takes the prize. That was the year I had the worst urinary infection of my life. That was also the year of John Coffey and the two dead girls."

"Toot, one more remark like that I'll have Van Hay roll on two for real. And I'll have one less crazy old trustee in the world."

"We'll be doing this for real tomorrow night and I don't want nobody to remember some stupid joke like that and get it going again. You ever try to not to laugh in church when something funny gets stuck in your head? Same goddamn thing."

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

"Take my hand, Boss. You see for yourself."

John Coffey: "I'm smellin' me some cornbread."
Paul Edgecomb: "It's from my mises. She wanted to thank you."
John Coffey: "Thank me for what?"
Paul Edgecomb: "Well, you know... for a helping me."
John Coffey: "Helping you with what?"
Paul Edgecomb: "You know."
John Coffey: "Ohh. Was your misses pleased?"
Paul Edgecomb: "Several times."

Paul Edgecomb: "You let him get past you."
Dean Stanton: "No I did not!"
Brutus Howell: "Three grown men... outsmarted by a mouse."