For I was an hungred,
and ye gave me meat: I was
thirsty, and ye gave me drink:
I was a stranger, and ye took
me in.
Naked, and ye clothed
me: I was sick, and ye visited
me: I was in prison, and ye
came to me.
Imprisoned in every fat man a thin one is wildly signalling to be let out.
Better build schoolrooms forthe boy,
Than cells and gibbets forthe man.
I am a waning bird encased in a glass sphere; I cannot see my prison, and my cries no one can hear.
Being in jail is by far the hardest thing I have ever done. During the past several days, I have had a lot of time to think and I believe that I am learning and growing from this experience ... I would hope going forward that the public and the media will focus on more important things like the men and women serving our country in Iraq and other places around the world.
Only free men can negotiate; prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom and mine cannot be separated.
Any one who has been to an English public school will always feel comparatively at home in prison. It is the people brought up in the gay intimacy of the slums, Paul learned, who find prison so soul-destroying.