Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words are merely the smallest element of language capable of containing meaning in isolation and as such can never directly produce the four thousand Newtons force per square centimeter required to break bone...
It is the case that, albeit to a lesser extent, all fictions make their readers live "the impossible", taking them out of themselves, breaking down barriers, and making them share, by identifying with the characters of the illusion, a life that is ri...
I mean, what is prison, really, except a good bar without the liquor?
You're still in prison if you do nothing better in freedom.
Nobody objected to live in prison if already felt comfortable living in it.
There are worse prisons than words.
Shit goes out, and dick goes in. This is the way of the prisoner.
Be careful in the company of monsters that you don't become one.
One's ribs shouldn't be prison bars.
Is a dream the ultimate freedom, or the ultimate prison?
There are many more serial killers living outside the prison walls than inside.
Adversities such as being homeless and going to prison has made many people stronger.
One of my very favorite television shows growing up was 'The Prisoner.'
The world is a prison in which solitary confinement is preferable.
Typically, you get a year in prison for making a threat to assassinate the president.
I know from experience it's very hard to get access to a prison to take pictures.
Forgiveness is for yourself because it frees you. It lets you out of that prison you put yourself in.
I was in prison for a charge in Texas, murder one. Back in the '70s in Texas, I was there. I heard the shot. I was in the car.
Lawyers are very, very good at keeping you out of prison, but they will sacrifice your reputation and credibility to do so.
And don't forget, a prisoner's wife must always think good thoughts.
When I first went to prison, I was even questioning where, God, where are you?
