Elementary school Quote by Patricia Williams

“One good thing about jail is that it allows you to think a lot.”

— John Grisham

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

— J.L. Merrow

“Yes, well, in that respect and many others, American high schools do rather resemble prisons.”

— John Green

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

— Quentin Tarantino

“She was always saying, 'Fuck this school,' or 'I can't wait until I get out of here.' But so did lots of kids.”

— Jeffrey Eugenides

“There are some people in the world, and the reason they're not in jail is because they've learned how to hide it.”

— Nicholas Sparks The Lucky One

“I see us milling around our lockers in Tri-County High, laughing and joking and making plans for the weekend, whispering about girls and sex…

— James Michael Rice

“There was a great joke that was forever doing the rounds in the jail and it was probably funny not because it had a…

— H.M. Forester

“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

“So what indeed! The lesson I myself learned over and over again when teaching at the college and then the prison was the uselessness…

— Kurt Vonnegut

“...those who are locked up know better than their jailers the taste of free air.”

— Hélène Cixous

“I got PTSD from high school.”

— Tom Perrotta