Quotes by Jack Henry Abbott about Prison
8 quotes by Jack Henry Abbott about prison
Jack Henry Abbott American author
Paranoia is an illness I contracted in institutions. It is not the reason for my sentences to reform school and prison. It is the effect, not the cause.
Quote by Jack Henry Abbott about prison
So we can all hold up like good soldiers and harden ourselves in prison. But if you do that for too long, you lose yourself.
Quote by Jack Henry Abbott about prison
That is how prison is tearing me up inside. It hurts every day. Every day takes me further from my life.
Quote by Jack Henry Abbott about prison
To be in prison so long, it's difficult to remember exactly what you did to get there.
Quote by Jack Henry Abbott about prison
When I'm forced by circumstances to be in a crowd of prisoners, it's all I can do to refrain from attack.
Quote by Jack Henry Abbott about prison