Prisoner Quotes

“then: if you have goals in life and want to avoid regret, time with loved ones is best measured in quality, not quantity.”
― Jason Rezaian, Prisoner: My 544 Days in an Iranian Prison--Solitary Confinement, a Sham Trial, High-Stakes Diplomacy, and the Extraordinary Efforts It Took to Get Me Out

“I only wish people around the world could wrap their head around the fact that Iran, or the Islamic State, or fascists, or the Soviets, never once posed a threat to our way of life and probably never will. We have the ultimate soft weapon, Hollywood, and it’s one that no matter how hard they try, they can’t replicate. They don’t know how to be all things to all people the way we do. You can’t learn that; you either have it or you don’t.”
― Jason Rezaian, Prisoner: My 544 Days in an Iranian Prison--Solitary Confinement, a Sham Trial, High-Stakes Diplomacy, and the Extraordinary Efforts It Took to Get Me Out