Quotes about Confinement

Prison is essentially a shortage of space made up for by a surplus of time; to an inmate, both are palpable.

Maizy swallowed hard, a motion that almost strangled her in this blasted dress, and she nodded.

What He tears down cannot be rebuilt; the man He imprisons cannot be released.

Only to those who have been in prison does freedom have such great meaning.

As they go, I will spread My net over them; I will bring them down like birds of the air. I will chastise them when I hear them flocking together.

But one jailer had heard that Houdini was coming, and the jailer was ready. When Houdini closed the cell door, the jailer put the key in the lock and secretly turned it in the wrong direction. He then removed the key, and everyone watched as Houdini struggled to escape—by unknowingly locking himself in repeatedly. Finally, in frustration, Houdini admitted he could not escape. The jailer then revealed his deception. Houdini had believed a lie, and the lie had held him captive.

Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death.

Major Major never sees anyone in his office while he's in his office.

I feel as if I were a piece in a game of chess, when my opponent says of it: That piece cannot be moved.

A man escaped from his cell is not free who still drags his chain.)

And the angels who did not stay within their own domain but abandoned their proper dwelling—these He has kept in eternal chains under darkness, bound for judgment on that great day.

You have bound me, and it has become a witness; my frailty rises up and testifies against me.