Crime Quote by Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters

I grew up reading crime fiction and, especially in the '80s, women were just there to be saved or screwed.

— Karin Slaughter

It was easy to persecute me without people feeling ashamed. It was easy to vilify me and project me as a woman who was…

— Wangari Maathai

I can see quite clearly that if there was a single event that launched me on the road to ultimate involvement at the heart…

— Oliver Tambo

I had to face imprisonment and house arrests, but it made me tougher.

— Asma Jahangir

Most incarcerated women have stories that are similar to mine. They suffered great trauma as children.

— Susan Burton

First time I got arrested, I knew somehow and some way, we would succeed. To go on the Freedom Ride to be beaten and…

— John Lewis

I was first imprisoned in Pretoria, and then, thereafter, I was taken to Robben Island. I stayed there for a couple of weeks. I…

— Nelson Mandela

Crime is fast destroying the moral fabric of South African cities, and is becoming a major threat to South African democracy as well as…

— Achille Mbembe

One last important influence I'll mention is Flannery O'Connor. In high school I shoplifted her Complete Stories. Having read "Good Country People" for class,…

— Samantha Hunt

I reached the point where I was getting arrested all the time in London. I couldn't walk down the street. London becomes a very…

— Pete Doherty

I intentionally aided them by being there and blocking an avenue of escape for the victims.

— Robert Iler

At least 50 times. I've jumped off a building, jumped off a cliff in a car. I've been in bedrooms when women came in…

— Dennis Rodman