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Quotes from Shutter Island

(upon arriving on Shutter Island and being briefed on all the rules) "You act like insanity is catching." - Teddy Daniels, Shutter Island

(learning from Dr. John Cawley that all of the patients are killers but that they attempt to help them keep their sense of calm) "Well personally Doctor I have to say screw their sense of calm." - Teddy Daniels, Shutter Island

(telling his partner, Chuck Aule, why he took this case) "Andrew Laeddis was a maintenance man in the apartment building where my wife and I lived. He was also a fire bug. Andrew Laeddis lit the match that caused the fire that killed my wife." - Teddy Daniels, Shutter Island

(telling his partner, Chuck Aule, his suspicions) "They're experimenting on people here. That's the beauty of it, isn't it? Crazy people are perfect subjects, they talk and nobody listens." - Teddy Daniels, Shutter Island

(talking to his dead wife) "I'm sorry honey, I love this thing because you gave it to me. The truth is, it's one f*****g ugly tie." - Teddy Daniels, Shutter Island

(talking with Dr. Cawley who tries to tell him that he has been a patient for the last two years) "You really think you can convince me that I'm crazy, huh? Do you know the kind of people that I deal with every day? I'm a U.S. Marshal for God's sake." - Teddy Daniels, Shutter Island

(talking to his partner at the movie's end) "This place makes me wonder. Which would be better, to live as a monster or die a good man?" - Teddy Daniels, Shutter Island