We have too much technological progress, life is too hectic, and our society has only one goal: to invent still more technological marvels to make life even easier and better. The craving for every ne...
He even whispered in my ear: You suffer; you will suffer more. But this time I am on your side. You will be free. You will, I promise you.
What should we do? I was beginning to understand a few words of Spanish: to escape, fugar; prisoner, preso; to kill, matar; chain, cadena; handcuffs, esposas; man, hombre; woman, mujer.
I’ve known this a long time, because when Napoleon III created the bagnes and was asked: But who will guard these bandits? he answered: Worse bandits.
Sleep in peace, you members of the jury who condemned me to this place; sleep in peace,
Jab
Mahkümluk serüvenimn son gecesinn siniriyle hamağımda dönüp duruyorm. Yerimden kalkıyor,son aylarda çok iyi baktığm bahçemde geziniyorum.Ay ışığı ortalığı gün gibi aydınlatıyor. Nehrin suyu, gürültü e...
I must prove that I can be, that I am and will be, a normal person. Perhaps no better, but certainly no worse than the rest.
I am not a good enough writer to convey the intense emotion I felt over my newfound self-respect. It was a rehabilitation, if not a new life. This imaginary baptism, the immersion in purity, the eleva...
My name is Jean sans Peur. I was handsomer, healthier and stronger than you when I first came to the bagne. Look at what ten years have done to me.
The important thing was that we were alive...
This was 1941 and I'd been in prison eleven years. I was thirty-five. I'd spent the best years of my life either in a cell or in a black-hole. I'd only had seven months of total freedom with my Indian...
Those who haven't been exposed to the hypocrisies of a civilized education react to things 'naturally', as they happen. It is in the here and now that they are either happy or unhappy, joyful or sad,...
You want me to be killed? Why are you taking away my knife? I guess you realize you’re sending me to my grave?
Evet, şu sıra yalnızlığa katlanabilmek, eskisinden de güç. . Öyle bir haldeyim ki, düşüncelerimle geçmişte ve günümüzde gezinmek için gözlerimi kapamam bile gerekmiyor.
I’ve known this a long time, because when Napoleon III created the bagnes and was asked: But who will guard these bandits? he answered: Worse bandits. Later on, I was able to confirm the fact that the...
Pergunto a mim próprio até que ponto o silêncio absoluto e o completo isolamento infligidos a um jovem encerrado numa cela podem, antes de o levarem à loucura, dar azo a uma verdadeira vida imaginativ...
It was worth having made this break for the people, the human beings it had brought me into contact with. Although it had failed, my escape had been a victory, merely by having enriched my heart with...
Една пеперуда влетя — бледосиня с тънка черна лента, а някъде близо до нея зад прозореца зажужа пчела. Какво ли правеха тези живинки тук? Дали ги беше объркало зимното слънце, или търсеха да се скрият...