Solitary Confinement Quotes

33 quotes by 30 authors

As we have seen, WikiLeaks is a robust organization. During my time in solitary confinement in the basement of a Victorian prison, we continue to… — Julian Assange
In this country, don't forget, a habit is no damn private hell. There's no solitary confinement outside of jail. A habit is hell for those… — Billie Holiday
Every writer must acknowledge and be able to handle the unalterable fact that he has, in effect, given himself a life sentence in solitary confinement.… — Peter Straub
It's strange when they near your cell. You lose all your strength and you are like this. You lose all your strength as if a… — Unknown Author
What do the animals do in the zoo? That's the same thing that I do in my cell. I play with myself. I make little… — Charles Manson
I worked 12 hours a day, seven days a week for years. Being a comic book artist is like sentencing yourself to life imprisonment at… — Wally Wood
In tennis you're on an island. Of all the games men and women play, tennis is the closest to solitary confinement, — Andre Agassi
Neurotic identity crises come when our defense mechanisms have been too successful and we're encapsulated in the fortress we have constructed with nothing to refresh… — Sam Keen
I see Edward Snowden as someone who has chosen, at best, exile from the country he loves-with a serious risk of his assassination by agents… — Daniel Ellsberg
I found solitary confinement the most forbidding aspect of prison life. There is no end and no beginning; there is only one's mind, which can… — Nelson Mandela
Each man is his own prisoner, in solitary confinement for life. — Robert A. Heinlein
If you spit in my face and smack me in the mouth and throw me into solitary confinement for nothing... what do you think's gonna… — Charles Manson
There is about as much educational benefit to be gained in studying dolphins in captivity as there would be studying mankind by only observing prisoners… — Jacques Yves Cousteau
A prisoner lived in solitary confinement for years. He saw and spoke to no one and his meals were served through an opening in the… — Anthony de Mello
The artist's task is to become a successful eccentric, a strange but wise duck able to venture out of solitary confinement and mingle among society. — Eric Maisel
The writing life is essentially one of solitary confinement - if you can't deal with this, you needn't apply. — Will Self
We are all sentenced to solitary confinement inside our own skins, for life. — Tennessee Williams
The world is a prison in which solitary confinement is preferable. — Karl Kraus
There's a big difference between being alone and being lonely. And I'm guessing that once you've discovered this distinction you can't go back to solitary… — Tiffanie DeBartolo
Itâ€™s important that someone celebrate our existence," she objected amiably. "People are the only mirror we have to see ourselves in. The domain of all… — Lois McMaster Bujold

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