Some of the captured women killed themselves. I didn't. others yielded and learned to love their captors. I wouldn't do either one. I knew I would escape. Death is forever; to learn to love the hand that crushes you is a shame not to be borne. Pain and slavery will pass. I believed this and it kept me alive

One who forced another was beneath contempt. One who needed to was despised

You should leave that place, my girl' 'you know me better than that.' 'yes, I do. Too brave for your own good. Too brave now, I think.' 'would you have me any …

Know you, boy, women are like cats and must explore any new place until they are satisfied. If they don't they become weak and vain, fretful and ill

When you hear me singing you get the rifle down and the flashlight, aiming for my brain, but you always miss and when you set out the poison I piss on it to wa…

You only have power over people so long as you don't take everything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything he's no longer in your power - …

As I walked down to the end of the barracks, there was applause from the men too weak to get out of bed. It sounded like the hand clapping of babies; they were…