“I hope I can make it across the border. I hope to see my friend and shake his hand.”Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding
“Rehabilitated?... Well, now, let me see. You know, I don't have any idea what that means.”Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding
“There isn't a day that goes by when I don't feel regret. Not because I'm in here, or because you think I should.”Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding
“These prison walls are funny. First you hate them, then you get used to them.”Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding
“After enough time passes, you get to depend on them. That's institutionalized.”Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding
“I find I'm so excited I can barely sit still or hold a thought in my head. I think it is the excitement only a free man can feel, a free man at the start of a long journey whose conclusion is uncertain.”Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding