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The Lizard Cage
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"The Lizard Cage" Quotes

A political prisoner in a Burmese jail finds hope and connection through the power of love and friendship.

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He wanted to be free, to slide out of the world and be gone.

Karen Connelly

freedomdesire

How could a man live with so much pain inside him?

Karen Connelly

painstruggle

He could never be free, even in his dreams.

Karen Connelly

freedomstruggle

The cage is a place where you are tortured, but you are not killed.

Karen Connelly

sufferingsurvival

Silence is a kind of death.

Karen Connelly

silenceloneliness

Hope is a kind of madness.

Karen Connelly

hopedespair

Love was something that could be stolen from you.

Karen Connelly

loveloss

Freedom is a thing that grows inside you, like a seed.

Karen Connelly

freedomgrowth

The human spirit is a powerful thing.

Karen Connelly

human spiritstrength

The world is full of things that do not make sense.

Karen Connelly

confusionlife