Carceral Framework Quotes & Sayings

notice." The false cheer in her voice is evidence of how — Christina Baker Kline

He that has satisfied his thirst turns his back on the well. — Baltasar Gracian

And so Nat stood up and joined the group, and followed, and watched, and awaited his chance as the light of Chaos lit the plain and gods and demons marched to war. — Joanne Harris

[T]he astonishing purity of pain, how it will not be mixed with any other sensation. — Charles Baxter

Humor is ... despair refusing to take itself seriously. — Arland Ussher

She stood by the tea-table in a light-coloured muslin gown, which had a good deal of pink about it. She looked as if she was not attending to the conversation, but solely busy with the tea-cups, among which her round ivory hands moved with pretty, noiseless, daintiness. — Elizabeth Gaskell

I was told that I had to give grades to the students, which I wasn't particularly interested in doing. — Merce Cunningham

Adam found a break through the thicket and up the hill. He turned
around and extended his hand to help me up.
I froze, staring at him in the thick heat, leaves tickling my legs. Boys did not help girls. Not in my experience, anyway. When I was one of the boys, they tromped ahead
of me and never once looked back to see if I was still there, much less in need of assistance. Boys had helped me only recently, when they wanted something.
No, this walk through the woods would not be innocent.
Taking his hand, I said, "Fank woo."
"Hm," he laughed with his mouth closed. — Jennifer Echols

When will people understand that it is useless for a man to read his Bible unless he also reads everybody else's Bible? — G.K. Chesterton