In spite of language, in spite of intelligence and intuition and sympathy, one can never really communicate anything to anybody. The essential… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
Neurotic identity crises come when our defense mechanisms have been too successful and we're encapsulated in the fortress we have constructed with… — Sam Keen Copy Share Image
“It was a state of aloneness. It was the kind of place that started shooting political prisoners because it suspected that they… — Will Wiles Copy Share Image
You start to forget about the world outside - it's not relevant or relatable anymore. The darkest part of solitary confinement is… — Chelsea Manning Copy Share Image
I worked 12 hours a day, seven days a week for years. Being a comic book artist is like sentencing yourself to… — Wally Wood Copy Share Image
Solitary confinement is too terrible a punishment to inflict on any human being, no matter what his crime. Hardened criminals in the… — Emmeline Pankhurst Copy Share Image
It’s important that someone celebrate our existence," she objected amiably. "People are the only mirror we have to see ourselves in. The… — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
“Racial violence has been rationalized, legitimated, and channeled through our criminal justice system; it is expressed as police brutality, solitary confinement, and… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
“In August, Gehlen and a number of high-ranking colleagues were transported under Boker’s watch to Washington in the private plane of a… — Andrew Feinstein Copy Share Image
Silence comes in two varieties: One that nourishes and comforts; another that chokes, smothers, and isolates. Solitary confinement is the worst kind… — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
“Er is slechts één rijkdom en dat zijn de banden tussen de mensen onderling. Als we ons enkel en alleen inspannen voor… — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Copy Share Image
“The hardest part of autism is the communication challenge. I feel depressed often by my inability to speak. I talk in my… — Ido Kedar Copy Share Image
“Damn it!” I rubbed my eyes. My head hurt from staring at the laptop screen the whole day. “I’ve got to put… — Chase Webster Copy Share Image
Most of them were murderers. But when I went there to talk, they were the nicest people. I did a reading. I… — Etgar Keret Copy Share Image
“But it is impossible to picture any of our interrogators, right up to Abakumov and Beria , wanting to slip into prisoner's… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
“Only boxers can understand the loneliness of tennis players - and yet boxers have their corner men and managers. Even a boxer's… — Andre Agassi Copy Share Image
I did a lot of research on what solitary confinement does to you, how you become acclimated to being surrounded by people… — Bill Skarsgard Copy Share Image
“Foster care workers called Dani a feral child —the first they had encountered. She had never been to a doctor or school.… — Lane DeGregory Copy Share Image
As governor, I will work to reform the practice of solitary confinement, which studies and medical and psychological associations say causes negative… — Michelle Lujan Grisham Copy Share Image
In this country, don't forget, a habit is no damn private hell. There's no solitary confinement outside of jail. A habit is… — Billie Holiday Copy Share Image
External objects produce decided effects upon the brain. A man shut up between four walls soon loses the power to associate words… — Jules Verne Copy Share Image
There is about as much educational benefit to be gained in studying dolphins in captivity as there would be studying mankind by… — Jacques Yves Cousteau Copy Share Image
“Do you know how many men are incarcerated in solitary confinement? About 100,000 on any given day, if my numbers are correct.… — H.L. Sudler Copy Share Image
“The world can understand well enough the process of perishing for want of food: perhaps few persons can enter into or follow… — Charlotte Brontë Copy Share Image
“If we internalize every disappointing setback with contempt and self-loathing, a life of solitary confinement and discontentment awaits us. It’s a verdict… — Jason Versey Copy Share Image
