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Piper Kerman quotes: do your time, don't let the time do you.

do your time, don't let the time do you.

Piper Kerman quotes: I still don't believe marriage is the only path to happiness or completeness as a person.

I still don't believe marriage is the only path to happiness or completeness as a person.

Piper Kerman quotes: Stoicism sure comes in handy when they take away your underpants.

Stoicism sure comes in handy when they take away your underpants.

Piper Kerman quotes: How important it is to stay true to yourself even in the midst of an adventure or experiment.

How important it is to stay true to yourself even in the midst of an adventure or experiment.

Piper Kerman quotes: We were never friends. Not for a second. I loved you.

We were never friends. Not for a second. I loved you.

Piper Kerman quotes: If there was one silver lining to this whole mess, it was the reminder of my family's greatness. I had a lovely visit with my mother that

If there was one silver lining to this whole mess, it was the reminder of my family's greatness. I had a lovely visit with my mother that

Piper Kerman quotes: If he is a half-decent human being, he will find himself the object of crushes. If he is a cocky bastard, even more so.

If he is a half-decent human being, he will find himself the object of crushes. If he is a cocky bastard, even more so.

Piper Kerman quotes: Do you have to find the evil in yourself in order to truly recognize it in the world?

Do you have to find the evil in yourself in order to truly recognize it in the world?

Piper Kerman quotes: one was present, interacting in any affirmative way with the people who filled those prisons.

one was present, interacting in any affirmative way with the people who filled those prisons.

Piper Kerman quotes: When I moped for too long, letting the poor-me blues clamp around my ankles and drag me down to very bad places, he would fight to get me back,

When I moped for too long, letting the poor-me blues clamp around my ankles and drag me down to very bad places, he would fight to get me back,

Piper Kerman quotes: But time was a beast, a big, indolent immovable beast that wasn't interested in my efforts at hastening it in any direction.

But time was a beast, a big, indolent immovable beast that wasn't interested in my efforts at hastening it in any direction.

Piper Kerman quotes: I vowed that I would never relinquish my sense of self again, to anything or anyone.

I vowed that I would never relinquish my sense of self again, to anything or anyone.

Piper Kerman quotes: Faggots make the best friends," she said philosophically. "They're very loyal.

Faggots make the best friends," she said philosophically. "They're very loyal.

Piper Kerman quotes: About eighty percent of the women in U.S. prisons have children,

About eighty percent of the women in U.S. prisons have children,

Piper Kerman quotes: I knew that Gisela had no money, and many responsibilities, and that she faced a massive number of unknown but looming challenges.

I knew that Gisela had no money, and many responsibilities, and that she faced a massive number of unknown but looming challenges.

Piper Kerman quotes: Wanted to be home desperately, and when I said "home," that meant "wherever Larry is" more than Lower Manhattan,

Wanted to be home desperately, and when I said "home," that meant "wherever Larry is" more than Lower Manhattan,

Piper Kerman quotes: 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?

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 quotes: It occurred to me that I had never seen my mother defeated, even when life presented difficulties and disappointments.

It occurred to me that I had never seen my mother defeated, even when life presented difficulties and disappointments.

Piper Kerman quotes: Box held seven hammered-gold rings, each as thin as manila paper, to be worn stacked. And he had gotten himself a ring too,

Box held seven hammered-gold rings, each as thin as manila paper, to be worn stacked. And he had gotten himself a ring too,

Piper Kerman quotes: Now I was a for-real, hardened con. I felt infinitely better. Piper Kerman, Orange is the New Black, page 54

Now I was a for-real, hardened con. I felt infinitely better. Piper Kerman, Orange is the New Black, page 54

Piper Kerman quotes: The advice I got from many quarters was 'do your time, don't let the time do you.

The advice I got from many quarters was 'do your time, don't let the time do you.

Piper Kerman quotes: All this freedom, but I still feel like I'm locked up.

All this freedom, but I still feel like I'm locked up.

Piper Kerman quotes: We have a racially based justice system that overpunishes, fails to rehabilitate, and doesn't make us safer.

We have a racially based justice system that overpunishes, fails to rehabilitate, and doesn't make us safer.

Piper Kerman quotes: You're looking for logic in all the wrong places.

You're looking for logic in all the wrong places.

Piper Kerman quotes: Some of the mothers looked overwhelmed - they were no longer accustomed to supervising their own kids in a normal, day-to-day way.

Some of the mothers looked overwhelmed - they were no longer accustomed to supervising their own kids in a normal, day-to-day way.

Piper Kerman quotes: You could worship loudly and still act pretty lousy.

You could worship loudly and still act pretty lousy.

Piper Kerman quotes: I guess trick, Delicious. I am flat out of sweetness.

I guess trick, Delicious. I am flat out of sweetness.

Piper Kerman quotes: I certainly didn't look like a gangster, but I had a gangster mentality. Gangsters only care about themselves and theirs.

I certainly didn't look like a gangster, but I had a gangster mentality. Gangsters only care about themselves and theirs.

Piper Kerman quotes: Two hundred women, no phones, no washing machines, no hair dryersit was like Lord of the Flies on estrogen.

Two hundred women, no phones, no washing machines, no hair dryers
it was like Lord of the Flies on estrogen.

Piper Kerman quotes: Don't tell me what to do - you have eight numbers after your name just like me.

Don't tell me what to do - you have eight numbers after your name just like me.

Piper Kerman quotes: I imagined Martha Stewart trying to take over Pops kitchen. That would be better than Godzilla vs. Mothra

I imagined Martha Stewart trying to take over Pops kitchen. That would be better than Godzilla vs. Mothra

Piper Kerman quotes: It is hard to conceive of any relationship between two adults in America being less equal than that of prisoner and prison guard.

It is hard to conceive of any relationship between two adults in America being less equal than that of prisoner and prison guard.

Piper Kerman quotes: We'll figure it out." He said, "It will all work out. Because I love you.

We'll figure it out." He said, "It will all work out. Because I love you.

Piper Kerman quotes: When you are deep in misery, you reach out to those who can help, people who can understand.

When you are deep in misery, you reach out to those who can help, people who can understand.