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“His tenacity is unmatched in my opinion. Incredible how someone could have suffered that long and come back out of prison with such a good heart and positive things to say and do.”

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Maurice Ashley

Maurice Ashley was an author, born on March 6, 1966, and passed away on September 26, 1994. more

“Before this ugly edifice, and between it and the wheel-track of the street, was a grass-plot, much overgrown with burdock, pig-weed, apple-pern, and such unsightly vegetation, which evidently found something congenial in the soil that had so early borne the black flower of civilized society, a prison.”

Found Black Streets Flower Prison Track Ugly Grass Apples Wheels Soil Plot Civilized Weed Pigs Edifice Civilized Society Vegetation

Book:The Scarlet Letter (Sparklesoup Classics)

Source: The Scarlet Letter (Sparklesoup Classics)

“Oh who is that young sinner with the handcuffs on his wrist? And what has he been after that they groan and shake their fists? And wherefore is he wearing such a conscience-stricken air? Oh they're taking him to prison for the colour of his hair.”

Young Air Hair Conscience Prison Colour Shakes Sinner Fists Wrists Handcuffs

Author:A. E. Housman

“There was always, he thought, this pleasure ahead of him, an ace of joy up his sleeve so he could say you can do anything to me, take everything away, put me in prison, but I will know [her] when we are old.”

Knows Joy Can Do Pleasure Prison Sleeves Aces

Author:Michael Ondaatje

“To live in prison is to live without mirrors. To live without mirrors is to live without the self.”

Self Mirrors Prison

Book:Selected Poems II: Poems Selected & New 1976-1986

Source: Selected Poems II: Poems Selected & New 1976-1986

“Many countries persecute their own citizens and intern them in prisons or concentration camps. Oppression is becoming more and more a part of the systems.”

Country Becoming Citizens Prison Oppression Concentration Camps Becoming More Concentration Camp

Book:Något kan man väl göra: texter 1932-1982

Source: Något kan man väl göra: texter 1932-1982

“Eventually, there will not be enough prisons if there are not enough good homes.”

Ifs Enough Home Prison

Author:Neal A. Maxwell

“Each man is his own prisoner, in solitary confinement for life.”

Men Prison Prisoner Solitary Confinement Solitary Confinement

Author:Robert A. Heinlein

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