Dwight Edgar Abbott > Quotes

“Prison is a society cultivating psychological repression. Deceptive, the subservient appearance of its camouflage a rage boiling just beneath the surface.”
― Dwight E. Abbott, Consequence: The Aftermath

“Had I forgotten how to cry? Was that possible? In order to survive, I had long since buried my emotions.”
― Dwight E. Abbott, I Cried, You Didn't Listen

“We fought to hide our fear, to maintain our positions as predators rather than victims. In reality, we were all victims.”
― Dwight E. Abbott, I Cried, You Didn't Listen

“Things have changed: now all one must do to keep society's members from caring its prisoners are abused is to question the content of their character.”
― Dwight E. Abbott, Consequence: The Aftermath

“It's easier to throw away a child who reacts to his abuse than attempt to heal his pain.”
― Dwight E. Abbott, I Cried, You Didn't Listen

“I saw a bunch of kids who needed love and acceptance and to be allowed to live as normal children, instead of having to fight to conceal their misery, fear, and weakness.”
― Dwight E. Abbott, I Cried, You Didn't Listen

“It is a society in which the subservient appearance observed among us is dangerously deceptive. The occasional warning sign the dam is about to burst is most often ignored by our keepers.”
― Dwight E. Abbott, Consequence: The Aftermath