Jack Abbott Quotes

1944–2002 United States

Jack Henry Abbott (January 21, 1944 – February 10, 2002) was an American author and prisoner. His most celebrated work In the Belly of the Beast depicted his life of crime and the psychology of imprisonment.

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Also known as: Jack Abbott

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Even European philosophers have taken notice that most of what we take for knowledge is nothing but bias and prejudice.

In the Belly of the Beast (1981)

Most important, you learn never to trust a man, even if he seems honest and sincere. You learn how men deceive themselves and how impossible it is to help them without injuring yourself.

In the Belly of the Beast (1981)

I feel that if I ever did adjust to prison, I could by that alone never adjust to society.

In the Belly of the Beast (1981)

This world is nothing. An illusion. Death is the release.

In the Belly of the Beast (1981)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Jack Abbott (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.