14 Nick Yarris Quotes for You to Enjoy

Nick Yarris

American Writer

Born: 1961

About Death Life Man Me You

My worst memory is living through the 1989 riot in Huntingdon Prison. Nick Yarris

Memory Prison Living Worst Riot Through

I had an enormous responsibility not just to survive but to become a good man because I had all of my family's hopes on my shoulders because they walked around outside without the shield that I carried knowing I hadn't done anything. Nick Yarris

Good Family Man Good Man Responsibility Become Enormous Carried Hopes Outside Had Knowing A Good Man Because Around Without Shield Walked Survive Done Just Anything To Survive Shoulders

Here's the crazy thing: if I was guilty I would be entitled to job training, housing, medical treatment. But I have nothing. I was released with five dollars and 37 cents of my own money. Nick Yarris

They put me in solitary confinement, and although I went on to do 8,755 days of solitary in total, the first two were the hardest. I almost went mad, beating my head against the wall. Nick Yarris

Me First Solitary Mad Solitary Confinement Total Beating Put Head Almost Days Although Were Wall Confinement Against Hardest Two

There were several appeals, but I ruined it all by escaping after three years inside. I was being transported to court and we stopped to use the rest room. There were two sheriffs and I managed to get away. I out-ran a helicopter, got on the aeroplane and went to Florida. Nick Yarris

In death row every rule in society is flipped. Nick Yarris

Death Every Society Rule Flipped Row

My 15 years of freedom have been harder than all of my death row years combined. Nick Yarris

Death Freedom Combined Been Years Than Harder Row