"Because there is something helpless and weak and innocent - something like an infant - deep inside us all that really suffers in ways we would never permit an insect to suffer."

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Source : Jack Henry Abbott (1982). “In the belly of the beast: letters from prison”, Vintage

Jack Abbott

#Suffering Quotes #Way Quotes #Innocence Quotes

“Publicity is like poison; it doesn't hurt unless you swallow it.”
“We on the left have forgotten that the question is not how do you get good people to rule, most people who rule are mediocre at best and usually venal. The question is how do we make those in power frightened of us and not be seduced by formal political processes.”
“I suppose once in a while, a filmmaker makes a movie that's more than just a sum of its parts, more than good acting or good filmmaking. It's something else that has nothing to do with what you've done. This is in 1999, made by people in 1999 for people in 1999 about people in 1999.”
“It's a lot easier to do good work when you have good words to say and work with good people.”
“When we pull away, he rests his hand on my thigh pressed next to his and we ride like that for a long time; the only time he moves his hand is to take better control of a sharp curve or to adjust the music, but he always puts it right back. And I always want him to.”
“They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.”
“I would rather you love me, but if not love, fear will do.”
“Race in this country is still the elephant in the room that no one wants to discuss.”

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