The Mad Art of Doing Time

Scout Tzofiya Bolton

Having read it

★★★★★

Personal, raw, honest and just a brilliant document of the author’s life and perspectives – being imprisoned and processed as well as dealing with many health issues – through words.

A good passage

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I’m learning to love what I’m too small to see.
Fault-lines in pavements are how grounds cope with loss.
The same could be said of diamonds and coal.
The same could be said of butterflies and grubs.

A second good passage

They can lock the locks, but they can’t stop the clocks (sometimes, I think things I don’t actually believe).

A third good passage

Lay out your unrest.