I can understand the Chinese Wall: it was built as a defense against marauders. But a wall such as that in Berlin, built to prevent people from seeking freedom, is almost beyond comprehension.
They're not supposed to show prison films in prison. Especially ones that are about escaping.
And if you can find any way out of our culture, then that's a trap too. Just wanting to get out of the trap reinforces the trap.
The actor playing Lee got really irritated. He tried to escape by turning, running, or twisting and talking or yelling above the voice of the illness, but the illness didn't sit quietly.
I have been desperate to escape for so many years now, it is routine for me to try to escape.
Day 24. Situation is growing worse. My captors continue to find new and horrific ways to torture me. When not working, Agent Scarlet spends her days examining fabric swatches for bridesmaid dresses and going on about how in love she is. This usually causes Agent Boring Borscht to regale us with stories of Russian weddings that are even more boring than his usual ones. My attempts at escape have been thwarted thus far. Also, I am out of cigarettes. Any assistance or tobacco products you can send will be greatly appreciated. -Prisoner 24601
To write poetry and to commit suicide, apparently so contradictory, had really been the same, attempts at escape.
There's no reason to think a Guantanamo detainee is any more likely to escape from Supermax than any other federal prisoner.
He was not a runner, my father, but he was quick. I always remember it was very difficult to escape from him when he was angry. If he wanted to beat us he would always catch us. Even me, he could always catch me.
She'd never have allowed herself to be held by anything as mundane as a few bars and a reinforced door
[On marriage:] Someone once said that it was like a crowded church - those outside were endeavouring to get in, and those inside were making violent efforts to get out.
I was born in Philadelphia, and I've tried to escape that city all my life. I end up writing plays that force me back to Philadelphia, at least psychologically if not physically.
She couldn’t get any farther away inside from her skin. She couldn’t get away.
The irony of prison is that it takes years and years and years to plan an elaborate escape, but all you have is years and years and years.
Adam hid in the Garden of Eden. Moses tried to substitute his brother. Jonah jumped a boat and was swallowed by a whale...Man likes to run from God. It's a tradition.
