#prison

God help us from those who believe that they are the sole possessors of truth. How we manage at times to agree willingly to become prisoners within our own minds and souls of beliefs and ideas on which we can never be flexible. ↗

— King Hussein I

#become #beliefs #believe #flexible #god

Harry!" said Fred, elbowing Percy out of the way and bowing deeply. "Simply splendid to see you, old boy-" "Marvelous," said George, pushing Fred aside and seizing Harry's hand in turn. "Absolutely spiffing." Percy scowled. "That's enough, now," said Mrs. Weasley. "Mum!" said Fred as though he'd only just spotted her and seizing her hand too. "How really corking to see you- ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#prison

Prison's a walk in the park compared with being sectioned, mate, it really is. ↗

— Adam Ant

#compared #mate #park #prison #really

The fundamental sense of freedom is freedom from chains, from imprisonment, from enslavement by others. The rest is extension of this sense, or else metaphor. ↗

— Isaiah Berlin

#else #enslavement #extension #freedom #freedom from

With no other security forces on hand, U.S. military was left to confront, almost alone, an Iraqi insurgency and a crime rate that grew worse throughout the year, waged in part by soldiers of the disbanded army and in part by criminals who were released from prison. ↗

— John Spratt

#alone #army #confront #crime #crime rate

I stagnated in prison a long time, and I have wasted most of my life. ↗

— Gary Gilmore

#life #long #long time #most #my life

Pain dies quickly, and lets her weary prisoners go; the fiercest agonies have shortest reign. ↗

— William C. Bryant

#fiercest #go #her #lets #pain

There are many more serial killers living outside the prison walls than inside. ↗

— Pat Brown

#killers #living #many #more #outside

I devoted my career to building an affinity with my fans who have supported me unflinchingly and no barbed wire fence or prison wall will stop that. ↗

— Foxy Brown

#barbed #barbed wire #building #career #devoted

I did almost a year in prison, a year in prison, just because my name is Foxy Brown. ↗

— Foxy Brown

#because #brown #did #i #just