I became as much of a believer as I was capable of becoming. Patty Hearst More Quotes by Patty Hearst More Quotes From Patty Hearst Is it reasonable to assume that someone who has been locked in a closet for 57 days after being kidnapped and brutalized, raped, abused, then they say you're going to rob a bank? Patty Hearst reasonableclosetsassuming Well, you know, it's really been, you know, quite a trip for me. Patty Hearst wellsknows For me, my awakening came when I was kidnapped. Patty Hearst kidnappedawakening I mean, they call it Stockholm Syndrome and post traumatic stress disorder. And, you know, I had no free will. I had virtually no free will until I was separated from them for about two weeks. Patty Hearst stresstwomean There's always some days you wish things had never happened, like you'd never been born, that sort of thing but I'm not the kind of person anyway that can just sit around and say, "gee, I wish that never happened." I don't ever do that. There's no point. That is a total and complete waste of time. Patty Hearst wasting-timewastewish And, quite frankly, I fully expected to be charged with murder, because they weren't charging anybody. I did it in terms of, I felt like I was throwing down the gauntlet saying look, this is what happened. There's a family out there that needed to know what happened. Patty Hearst throwingmurderlooks I'm a coward, I didn't want to die. Patty Hearst wanting-to-diecowardwant I got hit in the face with a gun. I'm not very fragile at all. It makes me think maybe things would be easier if I were terribly frail and fragile somehow. Patty Hearst gunwould-bethinking Through my mind, is just the horror of these people. I had been held by them, I knew how violent they were. Patty Hearst horrormindpeople I finally figured out what my crime was. I lived. Big mistake. Patty Hearst crimebigsmistake Even to me, as I was trying to tell the government what had happened, it just didn't seem to matter. Patty Hearst governmentmattertrying I think Charles Manson was a hair's breath away from just being a terrorist. He wanted to start a war, too. Patty Hearst hairwarthinking There are two other SLA members who have been granted immunity and then also, one of the SLA members had confessed to two other people, and those people, I'm sure, will be called as witnesses, as they were at the grand jury. Patty Hearst grantedtwopeople I had not seen that until - and when it first came out I was told. I had not seen or been aware of all of that physical evidence. And when I saw it, I was horrified. It was so astounding to me to see that there was that much evidence. Patty Hearst evidencesawsfirsts Well, you know, they were - they were a terrorist group. They - when I was kidnapped they published all of their statements about their war that they declared on the United States. Patty Hearst terrorist-groupsunited-stateswar And for any victim of a violent crime, when you actually get to go in and realize and see their faces and know that they can't hurt you any more, there is no feeling like that. It finally frees you from a lot of demons. Patty Hearst hurtfacesfeelings And here in Los Angeles, once again, I'm going to go down and be a witness. There's a guilty plea. I don't mind being on the witness stand, but I think they mind it a lot. Patty Hearst down-andmindthinking You have to go hunting to know the excitement of seeing someone get their first deer. It's a thrill for them. It is. Patty Hearst deerhuntingthrill You know, my daughters have been through their entire lives and knowing about my case. Patty Hearst daughterknowingmother And, you know, like I said, I'm not looking forward to a trial. Patty Hearst looking-forwardtrialssaid
