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> [“The only time they appear human is when you have a knife at their throats. The instant you remove it, they fall back into animality. Obscenity.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-henry-abbott/the-only-time-they-appear-human-is-when-you-have-a-knife-at-their/)

[Jack Henry Abbott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-henry-abbott/)

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## More by Jack Henry Abbott

> [To be in prison so long, it's difficult to remember exactly what you did to get there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-henry-abbott/to-be-in-prison-so-long-it-s-difficult-to-remember-exactly-what-you/)

[Jack Henry Abbott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-henry-abbott/)

> [“I cannot be critical of an infant whose only possible source of nourishment can be found in the dugs of a wolf.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-henry-abbott/i-cannot-be-critical-of-an-infant-whose-only-possible-source-of/)

[Jack Henry Abbott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-henry-abbott/)

> [There was never sufficient evidence presented at my trial to support a finding of intent to kill.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-henry-abbott/there-was-never-sufficient-evidence-presented-at-my-trial-to-support/)

[Jack Henry Abbott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-henry-abbott/)

> [I have been desperate to escape for so many years now, it is routine for me to try to escape.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-henry-abbott/i-have-been-desperate-to-escape-for-so-many-years-now-it-is-routine/)

[Jack Henry Abbott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-henry-abbott/)

> [“Everyone in prison has an ideal of violence, murder. Beneath all relationships between prisoners is the ever-present fact of murder. It ultimately defines our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-henry-abbott/everyone-in-prison-has-an-ideal-of-violence-murder-beneath-all/)

[Jack Henry Abbott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-henry-abbott/)

> [I escaped one time. In 1971 I was in the free world for six weeks.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-henry-abbott/i-escaped-one-time-in-1971-i-was-in-the-free-world-for-six-weeks/)

[Jack Henry Abbott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-henry-abbott/)

> [“I would never say, to justify a lapse in principle, "I am only human"--as though that were some kind of justification for weakness, moral…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-henry-abbott/i-would-never-say-to-justify-a-lapse-in-principle-i-am-only-human-as/)

[Jack Henry Abbott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-henry-abbott/)

> [When I'm forced by circumstances to be in a crowd of prisoners, it's all I can do to refrain from attack.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-henry-abbott/when-i-m-forced-by-circumstances-to-be-in-a-crowd-of-prisoners-it-s/)

[Jack Henry Abbott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-henry-abbott/)

> [“The only time they appear human is when you have a knife at their throats. The instant you remove it, they fall back into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-henry-abbott/the-only-time-they-appear-human-is-when-you-have-a-knife-at-their/)

[Jack Henry Abbott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-henry-abbott/)

> [The other inmates stand in a long straight line, flanked by guards, and I am dragged past them. I do not respect them, because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-henry-abbott/the-other-inmates-stand-in-a-long-straight-line-flanked-by-guards-and/)

[Jack Henry Abbott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-henry-abbott/)

> [“Sometimes I doubt that anyone with a philosophical turn of mind is fit to judge anyone. He never comprehends the concept of guilt.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-henry-abbott/sometimes-i-doubt-that-anyone-with-a-philosophical-turn-of-mind-is/)

[Jack Henry Abbott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-henry-abbott/)

> [Nothing is over and done with. Nothing. Not even your malice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-henry-abbott/nothing-is-over-and-done-with-nothing-not-even-your-malice/)

[Jack Henry Abbott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-henry-abbott/)

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