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Piper Kerman Quote: “It seemed to me that my total demonstrated failure at being a good girl was more than matched by the urgency of being a good person.”

101. “It seemed to me that my total demonstrated failure at being a good girl was more than matched by the urgency of being a good person.”

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Piper Kerman Quote: “The release of so much collective happiness in that miserable place was almost too much for me. It was like hot and cold air colliding, creating a tornado right inside the hall.”

102. “The release of so much collective happiness in that miserable place was almost too much for me. It was like hot and cold air colliding, creating a tornado right inside the hall.”

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Piper Kerman Quote: “Before I went to Danbury a friend of a friend of a friend who had served a year in federal women’s prison spoke to me about what to expect, and she said something that stayed with me: ‘Not a day goes by that I don’t think about prison in some way.”

103. “Before I went to Danbury a friend of a friend of a friend who had served a year in federal women’s prison spoke to me about what to expect, and she said something that stayed with me: ‘Not a day goes by that I don’t think about prison in some way.”

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Piper Kerman Quote: “I felt disrespected by how trivial these classes were turning out to be.”

104. “I felt disrespected by how trivial these classes were turning out to be.”

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Piper Kerman Quote: “When we got back to the States, I took the first flight to California I could get. From the safety of the West Coast I broke all ties with Nora and put my criminal life behind me.”

105. “When we got back to the States, I took the first flight to California I could get. From the safety of the West Coast I broke all ties with Nora and put my criminal life behind me.”

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Piper Kerman Quote: “From a young age I had learned to get over – to cover my tracks emotionally, to hide or ignore my problems in the belief that they were mine alone to solve. So when exhilarating transgressions required getting over on authority figures, I knew how to do it. I was a great bluffer.”

106. “From a young age I had learned to get over – to cover my tracks emotionally, to hide or ignore my problems in the belief that they were mine alone to solve. So when exhilarating transgressions required getting over on authority figures, I knew how to do it. I was a great bluffer.”

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Piper Kerman Quote: “It’s not easy to sacrifice your anger, your sense of being wronged.”

107. “It’s not easy to sacrifice your anger, your sense of being wronged.”

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Piper Kerman Quote: “Our shared mantra became “It can always get worse.” We literally repeated it aloud every day, as a charm to ward off the possibility that our situation might grow even more unpleasant. The.”

108. “Our shared mantra became “It can always get worse.” We literally repeated it aloud every day, as a charm to ward off the possibility that our situation might grow even more unpleasant. The.”

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Piper Kerman Quote: “What Gisela was describing to me was an exquisitely intimate and happy love. I thought it was the most compelling description of faith that I had ever heard. I wasn’t about to grab a Bible; nor was our conversation about me or my choices in any way. It was food for thought.”

109. “What Gisela was describing to me was an exquisitely intimate and happy love. I thought it was the most compelling description of faith that I had ever heard. I wasn’t about to grab a Bible; nor was our conversation about me or my choices in any way. It was food for thought.”

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Piper Kerman Quote: “We were scared – two hundred prisoners alone with one guard having a psychotic break.”

110. “We were scared – two hundred prisoners alone with one guard having a psychotic break.”

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Piper Kerman Quote: “Housing, employment, health, family – these are the factors that determine whether a person returning home from prison will succeed or fail as a law-abiding citizen.”

111. “Housing, employment, health, family – these are the factors that determine whether a person returning home from prison will succeed or fail as a law-abiding citizen.”

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Piper Kerman Quote: “When I would crawl, exhausted, out of the editing room after hours, I could always count on Larry for late dinner or later drinks.”

112. “When I would crawl, exhausted, out of the editing room after hours, I could always count on Larry for late dinner or later drinks.”

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Piper Kerman Quote: “Small involvement in the drug trade could land you in prison for many years, especially if you had a lousy court-appointed lawyer.”

113. “Small involvement in the drug trade could land you in prison for many years, especially if you had a lousy court-appointed lawyer.”

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Piper Kerman Quote: “Any self-respecting New York woman has a good pedicure, even if she’s in the clink.”

114. “Any self-respecting New York woman has a good pedicure, even if she’s in the clink.”

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Piper Kerman Quote: “I hated the control the prison exercised over my life, but the only way to fight it was in my own head.”

115. “I hated the control the prison exercised over my life, but the only way to fight it was in my own head.”

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Piper Kerman Quote: “I also gleaned that just about all of the women in Chicago were on pretrial status – their cases had not yet been resolved, but they did not or could not make bail. So they were captive here while the wheels of justice ground. A couple of them had been here for months without being charged with a crime. This made their lives uncertain on every level, and those who were not already crazy were acting pretty wacko, driven nuts by rage and instability.”

116. “I also gleaned that just about all of the women in Chicago were on pretrial status – their cases had not yet been resolved, but they did not or could not make bail. So they were captive here while the wheels of justice ground. A couple of them had been here for months without being charged with a crime. This made their lives uncertain on every level, and those who were not already crazy were acting pretty wacko, driven nuts by rage and instability.”

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Piper Kerman Quote: “What is the point, what is the reason, to lock people away for years, when it seems to mean so very little, even to the jailers who hold the key?”

117. “What is the point, what is the reason, to lock people away for years, when it seems to mean so very little, even to the jailers who hold the key?”

— Piper Kerman

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