Crown Heights Quotes

“The more I give, the more I live. I get so much appreciation, I can’t keep it to myself,” and all evidence points to the truth in that statement.”
― Colin Warner, Crown Heights

“When you realize that nobody’s comin’ for you, it wakes you up. The world may have stopped existing for me, but it’s still going on for everyone else—and I can feel the time slipping away now.”
― Colin Warner, Crown Heights

“William was extremely bright but not very experienced in private law, which meant he was fresh and still passionate about helping people, not just interested in doing the least amount of work for the most money.”
― Colin Warner, Crown Heights

“We presented the strongest grounds for appeal. If you don’t agree, you’re free to seek other counsel.” “With what money?” The attorney, irritated, stared at his watch pointedly. “I’ll let you know when I receive a formal ruling.”
― Colin Warner, Crown Heights

“Deliberately and consistently focusing on others helped me regain a sense of my own self.”
― Colin Warner, Crown Heights

“I was put into solitary for a long, long time. I deserved it. I’d injured another man. But I did have an epiphany: after ten years behind bars, I didn’t want to die.”
― Colin Warner, Crown Heights

“I continued to make direct appeals to the appellate division, court of appeals, and federal courts, usually without lawyers, and all my attempts were denied”
― Colin Warner, Crown Heights

“In 1980, there were 300,000 state prison inmates. In 1990, there were almost 700,000. Federal prisons held just under 200,000 people in 1980, and that number jumped to 400,000 by 1990, according to the Department of Justice.”
― Colin Warner, Crown Heights

“It wasn’t the first time I’d been handcuffed. I was a young man with dark skin, dreadlocks, and a Caribbean accent. Of course I’d seen the inside of a squad car before.”
― Colin Warner, Crown Heights

“If not for the persistent quiet noise and sacrifice of another man, his best friend, he would have unjustly been left among the hundreds of innocent men still behind bars.”
― Colin Warner, Crown Heights

“There are an estimated 120,000 inmates in federal prisons who are grappling with being trapped behind bars, though they are not guilty of any crime.”
― Colin Warner, Crown Heights

“The more I give, the more I live. I get so much appreciation, I can’t keep it to myself,”
― Colin Warner, Crown Heights

“Do you know doctors say that the lack of positive physical human contact will cause severe depression? Colin needed a touch, a hug, something so he’d know he was cared for.”
― Colin Warner, Crown Heights

“Don’t tell me who you are, show me your friends, and I will tell you who you are.” You know—surround yourself with bad people, and you’ll do bad.”
― Colin Warner, Crown Heights

“We make a vow to God never to cut our hair or beard; the oath stems from the Nazarite vow in the Bible about not taking a razor to our skin.”
― Colin Warner, Crown Heights

“But a caged bird stands on the grave of dreams, his shadow shouts on a nighttime scream. —Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings”
― Colin Warner, Crown Heights

“Do you know doctors say that the lack of positive physical human contact will cause severe depression?”
― Colin Warner, Crown Heights

“There are an estimated 120,000 inmates in federal prisons who are grappling with being trapped behind bars, though they are not guilty of any crime. There are 120,000 innocent people behind bars right now. Think about that. What if one of them were your sister? Your son? What would you do?”
― Colin Warner, Crown Heights