“Very close by the CMS shops, hidden about a quarter mile away in the woods, was the prison’s rifle range. Correctional officers could spend quality time with their firearms down there, and the hammering of multiple rounds was typical background noise during our workdays. There was something unsettling about toiling away for a prison while listening to your jailers practice shooting you.”
― Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison
― Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison
“A gentleman is someone who does not what he wants to do, but what he should do.”
― Norwegian Wood
― Norwegian Wood
“Ankh, udja, seneb!”
― Daughter of the Gods: A Novel of Ancient Egypt
― Daughter of the Gods: A Novel of Ancient Egypt
“publicly raped by a specially trained giraffe, after which she was torn apart by wild animals.”
― The Serial Killer Files: The Who, What, Where, How, and Why of the World's Most Terrifying Murderers
― The Serial Killer Files: The Who, What, Where, How, and Why of the World's Most Terrifying Murderers
“You cannot step over a mountain,” she told me, “but if you step over pebble by pebble, you’ll look back and the mountain will be behind you.”
― Lying in Wait: Ann Rule's Crime Files: Vol.17
― Lying in Wait: Ann Rule's Crime Files: Vol.17
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