Jack Henry Abbott Quotes

Jack Henry Abbott

American Author

Born: Jan 21, 1944

Died: Feb 10, 2002

Life Long Me Nothing Prison You

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Imagine a thousand more such daily intrusions in your life, every hour and minute of every day, and you can grasp the source of this paranoia, this anger that could consume me at any moment if I lost control. Jack Henry Abbott

Nothing is over and done with. Nothing. Not even your malice. Jack Henry Abbott

Nothing Over Malice Done Your Even

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. Jack Henry Abbott

Innocent Ways Weak Insect Would Inside Something Never Like Because Permit Infant Us Really Deep Helpless Deep Inside Suffer Suffers

The other inmates stand in a long straight line, flanked by guards, and I am dragged past them. I do not respect them, because they will not run - will not try to escape. Jack Henry Abbott

Respect Try Will Long Past Other Guards Run Because Am Line Escape Straight Them Straight Line Stand Dragged

I escaped one time. In 1971 I was in the free world for six weeks. Jack Henry Abbott

Time World Free One Time Weeks Free World Escaped Six

The part of me which wanders through my mind and never sees or feels actual objects, but which lives in and moves through my passions and my emotions, experiences this world as a horrible nightmare. Jack Henry Abbott

Me Emotions World Mind Horrible Objects Sees Through Never Part Feels Passions Moves Experiences Which Lives Actual Nightmare

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