"Each man is his own prisoner, in solitary……" — Robert A. Heinlein

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• As we have seen, WikiLeaks is a robust organization. During my time in solitary confinement in the basement of a… — Julian Assange
• Cats know how to obtain food without labor, shelter without confinement, and love without penalties. — W L George
• In this country, don't forget, a habit is no damn private hell. There's no solitary confinement outside of jail. A… — Billie Holiday
• Every writer must acknowledge and be able to handle the unalterable fact that he has, in effect, given himself a… — Peter Straub
• Sometimes animals may suffer more because of their more limited understanding. If, for instance, we are taking prisoners in wartime… — Peter Singer
• It's strange when they near your cell. You lose all your strength and you are like this. You lose all… — Unknown Author
• What do the animals do in the zoo? That's the same thing that I do in my cell. I play… — Charles Manson
• I worked 12 hours a day, seven days a week for years. Being a comic book artist is like sentencing… — Wally Wood
• The refreshing pleasure from the first view of nature, after the pain of illness, and the confinement of a sick-chamber,… — Ann Radcliffe
• In tennis you're on an island. Of all the games men and women play, tennis is the closest to solitary… — Andre Agassi
• Most people acquire most of their knowledge outside school, and in school only insofar as school, in a few rich… — Ivan Illich
• Cultural confinement takes place when a curator imposes his own limits on an art exhibition, rather than asking an artist… — Robert Smithson

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