Quotes by Prison Life The prison life of the past looks in our own time like liberation itself. Christopher Lasch prison-life looks past The prisoner is not the one who has commited a crime, but the one who clings to his crime and lives it over and over. Henry Miller prison-life crime literature All our life is but a going out to the place of execution, to death. John Donne prison-life life-and-death going-out I would like to say prison life at its very best and worst infinitely sucks. Leonard Peltier prison-life worst prison Prison life, fortunately, I spent a lot of years, about 18 years with other prisoners, and, as I say, they enriched your soul. Nelson Mandela prison-life soul years The worst of prison life, he thought, was not being able to close his door. Stendhal prison-life able doors I have to remind myself that some birds aren’t meant to be caged. Their feathers are just too bright. Stephen King prison-life redemption bird