Jack Henry Abbott

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

— Jack Henry Abbott

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Paranoia is an illness I contracted in institutions. It is not the reason for my sentences to reform school and prison. It is the effect, not the cause. ↗

— Jack Henry Abbott

#contracted #effect #i #illness #institutions

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. ↗

— Jack Henry Abbott

#because #dragged #escape #guards #i

There was never sufficient evidence presented at my trial to support a finding of intent to kill. ↗

— Jack Henry Abbott

#finding #intent #kill #never #presented

To be in prison so long, it's difficult to remember exactly what you did to get there. ↗

— Jack Henry Abbott

#difficult #exactly #get #long #prison

When I'm forced by circumstances to be in a crowd of prisoners, it's all I can do to refrain from attack. ↗

— Jack Henry Abbott

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When they talk of ghosts of the dead who wander in the night with things still undone in life, they approximate my subjective experience of this life. ↗

— Jack Henry Abbott

#dead #experience #ghosts #life #night