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Jack Abbott Quotes

This world is nothing. An illusion. Death is the release.

Jack Henry Abbott (1982). “In the belly of the beast: letters from prison”, Vintage

I find it painful and angering to look in a mirror.

Jack Henry Abbott (1982). “In the belly of the beast: letters from prison”, Vintage

That is how prison is tearing me up inside. It hurts every day. Every day takes me further from my life.

Jack Henry Abbott (1982). “In the belly of the beast: letters from prison”, Vintage

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

Jack Henry Abbott (1982). “In the belly of the beast: letters from prison”, Vintage

I feel that if I ever did adjust to prison, I could by that alone never adjust to society.

Jack Henry Abbott (1982). “In the belly of the beast: letters from prison”, Vintage

One morning I woke up and was plunged into psychological shock. I had forgotten I was free.

Jack Henry Abbott (1982). “In the belly of the beast: letters from prison”, Vintage

My eyes, my brain seek out escape routes wherever I am sent.

Jack Henry Abbott (1982). “In the belly of the beast: letters from prison”, Vintage