I found solitary confinement the most forbidding aspect of prison life…

Nelson Mandela
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I found solitary confinement the most forbidding aspect of prison life. There is no end and no beginning; there is only one's mind, which can begin to play tricks. Was that a dream or did it really happen? One begins to question everything. ✨ Nelson Mandela (2013). Long Walk To Freedom, p.264, Hachette UK
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