Shutter Island Quotes

In 1954, a U.S. Marshal investigates the disappearance of a murderer, who escaped from a hospital for the criminally insane.

"I had a friend. I was with him yesterday, but we got separated. Have you seen him? Marshal... you have no friends.""This is a game. All of this is for you. You're not investigating anything. You're a fucking rat in a maze.""Sanity's not a choice, Marshall. You can't just choose to get over it.""You're smarter than you look, Marshal. That's probably not a good thing.""Why are you all wet, baby?""You're smarter than you look, Marshall. That's probably not a good thing.""It's my job to treat the patients, not their victims.""I could come get you, get, get you off this island. Haven't you heard a word I've said? The only way off the island is the ferry, and they control it. You'll never leave here.""We gotta get off this rock, Chuck.""Set me free.""Is there a reason, doctor, why you keep referring to your patient in the past tense? Take a look outside, marshall. . Why do you think?""You blew up my car. I really loved that car.""Do you know how pain enters the body, Marshal? Do you? Depends on where you're hurt? No, it has nothing to do with the flesh. The brain controls pain.""Pull yourself together, Teddy. Pull yourself together.""Why are you all wet, baby?""She's... fucking with your head!""Been alone much since you got here?""We are duly appointed Federal Marshals.""I found a whole stack of these, Teddy. Jesus, are you ever sober any more? I killed a lot of people in the war. Is that why you drink?""Which would be worse - to live as a monster? Or to die as a good man?""I'm not gonna leave. I love you so much. I'm just bones in a box, Teddy.""You're smarter than you look, Marshal. That's probably not a good thing.""You know, this place makes me wonder, which would be worse .. to live as a monster? Or to die as a good man?""Which would be worse- to live as a monster, or to die as a good man?""Which would be worse- to live as a monster, or to die as a good man?""You Act like insanity is Catching""What if while you were looking into them, they were looking into you?""It's an island, boss. They're always gonna find us.""Did you know that the word 'trauma' comes from the Greek for 'wound'?""You don't have a partner, Marshall. You came here alone.""Wounds can create monsters and you are wounded, martial. And wouldn't you agree, when you see a monster, you must stop it?""I had a friend... have you seen him? I had a friend. I was with him yesterday, but we got separated. Have you seen him? Marshall, you have no friends. Marshal, you have no friends.""You'll never leave this island."