Prisoner Quotes

507 Prisoner quotes by 407 unique authors

I am an adamant feminist. It never occurred to me to take my husband's name when we married. I am a supporter of abortion rights,… — Ayelet Waldman
Two prisoners whose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on the wall. The wall is the thing which separates them but is also… — Simone Weil
In light of the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, critics are arguing that abuses of Iraqi prisoners are being produced by a climate of disregard for… — John Yoo
It has never demonstrated any desire to provide humane treatment to captured Americans. If anything, the murders of Nicholas Berg and Daniel Pearl declare al… — John Yoo
There is something about words. In expert hands, manipulated deftly, they take you prisoner. Wind themselves around your limbs like spider silk, and when you… — Diane Setterfield
We are all prisoners but some of us are in cells with windows and some without. — Khalil Gibran
We are products of our past, but we don't have to be prisoners of it. — Rick Warren
Music at its best...is the grand archeology into and transfiguration of our guttural cry, the great human effort to grasp in time our deepest passions… — Cornel West
I get it,' said the prisoner. 'Good Cop, Bad Cop, eh?' If you like.' said Vimes. 'But we're a bit short staffed here, so if… — Terry Pratchett
Men are prisoners of their genitalia and women are the keepers of the keys to paradise. — Pat Conroy
Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a… — Deepak Chopra
They came to know the incorrigible sorrow of all prisoners and exiles, which is to live in company with a memory that serves no purpose. — Albert Camus
...and every Wednesday the perfumed young lady slips me a hundred-crown note to leave her alone with the convict. And by Thursday the hundred crowns… — Italo Calvino
Forgiveness is unlocking the door to set someone free and realising you were the prisoner! — Max Lucado
She's like a prisoner inside stone walls, and every day the walls get a little thicker, the doorways a little narrower." "And?" Eddis prompted. "Well,"… — Megan Whalen Turner
If this is the way Queen Victoria treats her prisoners, she doesn't deserve to have any. — Oscar Wilde
Ester asked why people are sad. "That’s simple," says the old man. "They are the prisoners of their personal history. Everyone believes that the main… — Paulo Coelho
Tortoise steps, slow steps, four steps like a tank with a tail dragging in the sand. Tortoise steps, land based, land locked, dusty like the… — Terry Tempest Williams
This love was a torment, and he resented bitterly the subjugation in which it held him; he was a prisoner and he longed for freedom.… — W. Somerset Maugham
Despite all my public misconduct, in the past year, I had learned the Elemental spells, the Doppelschläferin, and the preparation and flying of a magic… — Catherine Gilbert Murdock
It was strictly forbidden to preach to other prisoners. It was understood that whoever was caught doing this received a severe beating. A number of… — Richard Wurmbrand
Even though conditions such as lack of sleep, insufficient food and various mental stresses may suggest that the inmates were bound to react in certain… — Viktor E. Frankl
Love fills everything. It cannot be desired because it is an end in itself. It cannot betray because it has nothing to do with possession.… — Paulo Coelho
Hey, times are tough, and thirty gold coins can do a lot of good. But I guess you wouldn't know about needing money, since you… — Shannon Hale
In war everybody is a prisoner. — Ursula K. Le Guin

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