California State Prison

Famous quotes containing the words california, state and/or prison:

    “It shone on everyone, whether they had a contract or not. The most democratic thing I’d ever seen, that California sunshine.”
    —Angela Carter (1940–1992)

    “Feign then what’s by a decent tact believed
    And act that state is only so conceived,
    And build an edifice of form
    For house where phantoms may keep warm.”
    —William Empson (1906–1984)

    “But neither milk-white rose nor red
    May bloom in prison air;
    The shard, the pebble, and the flint,
    Are what they give us there:
    For flowers have been known to heal
    A common man’s despair.”
    —Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)