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> [I was already a wreck when I went in, and prison nearly destroyed what little was left of me. I was worse when I came out than I was when I went in, and was not positively changed in any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-mcconnell/i-was-already-a-wreck-when-i-went-in-and-prison-nearly-destroyed-what/)

[Patricia McConnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-mcconnell/)

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## More by Patricia McConnell

> [Prison experience puts distance between me and any person who hasn't been there, done that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-mcconnell/prison-experience-puts-distance-between-me-and-any-person-who-hasn-t/)

[Patricia McConnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-mcconnell/)

> [My friends in prison were mostly women more like myself: not historical figures who I did not relate to as peers, but hookers and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-mcconnell/my-friends-in-prison-were-mostly-women-more-like-myself-not/)

[Patricia McConnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-mcconnell/)

> [There's a stone I had made for Luke at the top of the hill road, where the pasture opens wide and the setting sun…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-mcconnell/there-s-a-stone-i-had-made-for-luke-at-the-top-of-the-hill-road-where/)

[Patricia McConnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-mcconnell/)

> [A crisis of confidence is so common that it should be considered a universal part of the adoption process.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-mcconnell/a-crisis-of-confidence-is-so-common-that-it-should-be-considered-a/)

[Patricia McConnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-mcconnell/)

> [My husband regarded my prison past as a dirty secret and never asked me one single question about it. But what I had experienced…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-mcconnell/my-husband-regarded-my-prison-past-as-a-dirty-secret-and-never-asked/)

[Patricia McConnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-mcconnell/)

> [One of the principle things life has taught me is that we always have a choice. When we say we "can't," we usually mean…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-mcconnell/one-of-the-principle-things-life-has-taught-me-is-that-we-always-have/)

[Patricia McConnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-mcconnell/)

> [I'm actually a lowlife. On the street at fifteen and also in jail for the first time at that age, and off and on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-mcconnell/i-m-actually-a-lowlife-on-the-street-at-fifteen-and-also-in-jail-for/)

[Patricia McConnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-mcconnell/)

> [My published works are concrete evidence that I exist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-mcconnell/my-published-works-are-concrete-evidence-that-i-exist/)

[Patricia McConnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-mcconnell/)

> [Although I was simply what today would be called a "mule" - the bottom of the food chain in the drug biz - the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-mcconnell/although-i-was-simply-what-today-would-be-called-a-mule-the-bottom-of/)

[Patricia McConnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-mcconnell/)

> [At eighty-one, health club-lusting is as close as I'll ever come to getting laid again.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-mcconnell/at-eighty-one-health-club-lusting-is-as-close-as-i-ll-ever-come-to/)

[Patricia McConnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-mcconnell/)

> [I had a naïve idea that if I could tell the story, people would be outraged and do something about conditions in the jails.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-mcconnell/i-had-a-na-ve-idea-that-if-i-could-tell-the-story-people-would-be/)

[Patricia McConnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-mcconnell/)

> [“We humans may be brilliant and we may be special, but we are still connected to the rest of life. No one reminds us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-mcconnell/we-humans-may-be-brilliant-and-we-may-be-special-but-we-are-still/)

[Patricia McConnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-mcconnell/)

> [I couldn't stand living in a society that admires the emperor's new clothes, when I see so clearly that he is naked.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-mcconnell/i-couldn-t-stand-living-in-a-society-that-admires-the-emperor-s-new/)

[Patricia McConnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-mcconnell/)

> [I can say now is that sneaking up on people is a major delight in my old age, but it always has been. A…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-mcconnell/i-can-say-now-is-that-sneaking-up-on-people-is-a-major-delight-in-my/)

[Patricia McConnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-mcconnell/)

> [The loss of a sexual life is one of the worst things about getting really old. The worst thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-mcconnell/the-loss-of-a-sexual-life-is-one-of-the-worst-things-about-getting/)

[Patricia McConnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-mcconnell/)

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