“My life has taught me that true spiritual insight can come about only through direct experience, the way a severe burn can be attained only by putting your hand in the fire. Faith is nothing more than a watered-down attempt… — Damien Echols Copy Share
“When we arrived we were met by Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh, both producers of the film. Lorri and I hadn't seen them in… — Damien Echols Copy Share Image
“For a split second, I realize completely and absolutely that the season of winter is sentient, that there is an intelligence behind it. There's… — Damien Echols Copy Share Image
“I've been keeping an eye out for the Charlie Brown Valentine's Day special. I know it will be on soon, and I never miss… — Damien Echols Copy Share Image
“Morphic field. That's what it's called when a certain kind of energy pattern is repeated over and over until it creates something like an aura. This prison, for example. All of the hatred, ignorance, pain, humiliation, and greed constantly being put out by everyone here has created one hell of a negative morphic field. The thing about morphic fields is… — Damien Echols Copy Share
“The jail clothes are designed to strip you of any identity and reduce you to a number. You don’t even feel like a human… — Damien Echols Copy Share Image
“The memory from Sundance that I hold dearest is a snowball fight. One night I went outside with Lorri, Peter Jackson, and Fran Walsh. It was the first time I'd touched snow in almost twenty years. It was perfect. It was pure and unblemished, and as white as the moon. And then we went into a frenzy, running wild and… — Damien Echols Copy Share
“There is no time in prison, unless you create it for yourself. People on the outside seem to believe time passes slowly in prison, but it doesn't. The truth is that time doesn't pass at all. It's an eternal vacuum, and each moment is meaningless because it has no context. Tomorrow may as well be yesterday. That's why there's so… — Damien Echols Copy Share
“I learned a long time ago that you have to experience something for yourself or you never really comprehend it.” — Damien Echols Copy Share Image
“What I crave more than anything today is to sit at an outdoor cafe on a cool autumn day. I just want to feel that end-of-the-year breeze as I sip a cup of green tea and take my time with a piece of pumpkin pie. I would slump in my chair and allow my mind to roam wherever it chose.… — Damien Echols Copy Share
“We always watched horror movies. As a child I remember sitting up into the early hours of the morning watching horror movies with my… — Damien Echols Copy Share Image
