“The other inmates stand in a long straight line, flanked by guards, an...” — Jack Henry Abbott Quote

“The other inmates stand in a long straight line, flanked by guards, and I am dragged past them. I do not respect them, because they will not run - will not try to escape.”

“As long as I am nothing but a ghost of the civil dead, I can do nothing.”

“The part of me which wanders through my mind and never sees or feels actual objects, but which lives in and moves through my passions and my emotions, experiences this world as a horrible nightmare.”

“I was knocked down and dragged by a police Land Rover in a hit-and-run.”

“I honestly, purposely have not gone to therapy because I know some crazy stuff's going to be dragged up and, you know, I'll be like, 'Wait, what?'”

“I can see how you could get dragged into the bad stuff, but I've got good friends around me, good family. I think I've got my head screwed on.”