#prisoner

We are no more free agents than the queen of clubs when she victoriously takes prisoner the knave of hearts. ↗

— Mary Wortley Montagu

#clubs #free #free agents #hearts #knave

To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you. ↗

— Lewis B. Smedes

#discover #forgive #free #prisoner #set

Three hundred years ago a prisoner condemned to the Tower of London carved on the wall of his cell this sentiment to keep up his spirits during his long imprisonment: 'It is not adversity that kills, but the impatience with which we bear adversity. ↗

— James Keller

#ago #bear #carved #cell #condemned

[...] during one train stop, I watched as another guard with a spirit of empathy, ran out into an apple orchard and picked apples. He carried his jacket like a bag and filled it with apples. The kind German came to our open train window and handed us each an apple. The juicy apple tasted so delicious. I so appreciated that apple and his unusual compassion. ↗

— Oliver Omanson

#food-shortage #nazis #prisoner-of-war #world-war-ii #food

A—ris—ta?” Degan asked, sounding horse. “What is it?” “A rat bit me,” she said, once again shocked by her own rasping voice. “Jasper does that if—” Gaunt coughed and hacked. After a moment, he spoke again. “If he thinks you’re dead or too weak to fight.” “Jasper?” “I call him that, but I’ve also named the stones in my cell.” “I only counted mine,” Arista said. “Two hundred and thirty-four,” Degan replied instantly. “I have two hundred and twenty-eight.” “Did you count the cracked ones as two?” “No. ↗

— Michael J. Sullivan

#humor #prisoners #humor

There is nothing like scrubbing toilets for a living to make you question the choices you have made in life. ↗

— Raegan Butcher

#poetry #prisoners #humor

You feel like a prisoner if you don't create. You're jailed up inside of yourself. ↗

— Edie Brickell

#feel #inside #jailed #like #prisoner

You can feel very quickly as a prisoner of your past, of the memories. ↗

— Eric Cantona

#memories #past #prisoner #quickly #very

We have peace with God as soon as we believe, but not always with ourselves. The pardon may be past the prince's hand and seal, and yet not put into the prisoner's hand. ↗

— William Gurnall

#believe #god #hand #into #may

When it comes to the cause of justice, I take no prisoners and I don't believe in compromise. ↗

— Mary Frances Berry

#cause #comes #compromise #i #justice