Quote by Katie Alender

“So...what? Skipping detention is a crime?”

— M.B. Lambert

“How much detention did you get? "Two weeks. One per arsehole.”

— Stephanie Perkins

“Suspended for fighting. It had a ring. Not simply suspended, which could be for any number of inane infractions from skipping algebra to drawing…

— Bob Flaherty

“less than an hour ago, all I'd wanted was detention. Now, I was nominated for homecoming court and going to the big dance with…

— Jennifer Lynn Barnes

“The first time I am arrested, I am 12 years old. One sentence and I am back there, all that little girl fear and…

— Patrisse Khan-Cullors

“God. How would I cope if I went to jail? I'd never even been to boarding school.”

— J.L. Merrow

“Accepting punishment – that would be revolutionary.”

— David Burr Gerrard

“I was kind of excited to go to jail for the first time and I learnt some great dialogue.”

— Quentin Tarantino

“I learned a lot about how to be frigidly polite and still leave somebody feeling like they’d been spanked.”

— Patricia C. Wrede

I didn't really know what to expect from detention but when I waked into the room, the first thought I had was, I don't…

— Jeff Kinney

“I had learned very early that not getting caught was just about the solution to every problem. If you were caught then those who…

— Christopher S. Hyatt

“How can a prisoner understand their punishment to have been worthwhile to anyone, when it's dealt in a way so offhand and indifferent?”

— Piper Kerman