"That is how prison is tearing me up inside. It hurts every day. Every day takes me further from my life."

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

Jack Abbott

#Hurt Quotes #Prison Quotes #It Hurts Quotes

“Who says I'm gonna marry another guy? In Europe it's not like in America, where you set a date.”
“Most meteorological research is funded by the federal government. And boy, if you want to get federal funding, you better not come out and say human-induced global warming is a hoax because you stand the chance of not getting funded.”
“No coffee is ever quite as good as it smells ...”

Source : Ngaio Marsh (2016). “Last Ditch: Roderick Alleyn #29”, p.71, Felony & Mayhem Press
“A writer works from the material she has, but it comes from the unconscious. Everything is stored up and one never knows what comes up to the surface at a given moment. A period of gestation is certainly needed, what Wordsworth called ‘emotion recollected in tranquility.’ You cannot write about an experience when you are living it, suffering it. You are too busy surviving to look at it objectively. At least I can’t.”
“I'm not obsessed by how I look or with being reed thin, but I do think that as a woman in my 50s, I have 40 years ahead. Looking after yourself goes hand in hand with looking good.”
“The 'harmonious world' theory .. will help dispel doubts in the international community about China's continued development and refute the absurd 'China threat theory'.”
“Villains are very, very boring to do. They're so much easier than heroes.”
“It kept him alive, he was certain; even more, it kept his darkest of his demons at bay.”

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