“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.” — Jack Henry Abbott Copy Share Image
To be in prison so long, it's difficult to remember exactly what you did to get there. — Jack Henry Abbott Copy Share
“I cannot be critical of an infant whose only possible source of nourishment can be found in the dugs of a wolf.” — Jack Henry Abbott Copy Share
There was never sufficient evidence presented at my trial to support a finding of intent to kill. — Jack Henry Abbott Copy Share
I have been desperate to escape for so many years now, it is routine for me to try to escape. — Jack Henry Abbott Copy Share
“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… — Jack Henry Abbott Copy Share
“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… — Jack Henry Abbott Copy Share
When I'm forced by circumstances to be in a crowd of prisoners, it's all I can do to refrain from attack. — Jack Henry Abbott Copy Share
“The only time they appear human is when you have a knife at their throats. The instant you remove it, they fall back into… — Jack Henry Abbott Copy Share
The other inmates stand in a long straight line, flanked by guards, and I am dragged past them. I do not respect them, because… — Jack Henry Abbott Copy Share
“Sometimes I doubt that anyone with a philosophical turn of mind is fit to judge anyone. He never comprehends the concept of guilt.” — Jack Henry Abbott Copy Share
