"So, what separates us from the rest of the animal kingdom? What makes us so different? We’re the only species who put our own kind in cages."
— Augustus Hill, Oz
- 2 days ago
- 11
"Everybody wants to escape from Oz. But the truth is, there is no escape. Let’s say you manage to sneak out. Then you gotta run and keep running. A life of running away ain’t no life at all. Better to deal with where you live. The real measure of a man is not where he lives, but how; how he makes the best of it."
— Augustus Hill, Oz
- 2 days ago
- 4
"The worst stab wound is the one to the heart. Sure, most people survive it, but the heart is never quite the same. There’s always a scar. Which is meant, I guess, to remind you that - even for a little while - someone made your heart beat faster. And that’s a scar you can live with. Proudly. All the days of your life."
— Augustus Hill, Oz
- 2 weeks ago
- 7
"
It’s rare when you say goodbye to someone that you know its going to be the last time.
You can try and say all those things you should have said before.
Or you can hold on and hope that the moment will last a lifetime.
— Augustus Hill, Oz
- 3 weeks ago
- 11
"You swat at a fly, step on an ant, squash a cockroach, you don’t think much of it. In fact, killing a bug gives you a sense of accomplishment. Fucking ant was ruining your picnic, cockroach was crawling through your kitchen cabinets. You put an end to their disgusting, miserable little lives and make a better world for everyone. Only, for every one you kill, more appear. Bigger, uglier, meaner than before."
— Augustus Hill, Oz
- 4 months ago
- 8
"You gotta love your body because it’s all you got to hold on to. It’s all you got. I’ll make a deal with you: I’ll love your body if you love mine."
— Augustus Hill, Oz
- 4 months ago
- 14
"Yeah, who cares who lives or dies in prison? We read their names in the morning paper and they mean nothing to us! They’re faceless! Truth is we don’t want to put a face on them! We don’t want to know who they really are because then it might hit too close to home."
— Augustus Hill, Oz
- 9 months ago
- 4
"People are defined by three things. Their heads—how they think. Their hearts—what they feel. Their dicks—who they fuck. At the end of the day, each of us has to answer one question. One, not so simple question:
Who am I?"
— Augustus Hill, Oz.
- 1 year ago
- 5
"Remember when your High School History teacher said “The course of human events changes because of the deeds of great men”?. Well the bitch was lying. Fuck Caesar, fuck Lincoln, fuck Mahatma Gandhi. The world keeps turning because of me and you: the anonymous. Revolutions start because people don’t have enough bread. Wars start over a game of Checkers."
— Augustus Hill, Oz.
- 1 year ago
- 18
"A man stands in a cemetery, reading a letter he wrote forgiving his long dead father. The mother of a girl killed by a drunk driver is racked by fantasies of retaliation. Your boyfriend begs you for one more chance. You say to the mirror you’re done hating yourself. But you know you’re not. Maybe instead of forgive and forget, it should be forgive and remember. Remember that you might have to wake up tomorrow and forgive all over again. And again,and again, the way your heart keeps beating like a drum. Forgive. I can’t. You can. Forgive. Forgive. I can’t. You can. Forgive."
— Augustus Hill, Oz.
- 1 year ago
- 31
"And love? Well, if sex is sweet and death is bitter, love is both. Love will always and forever break your heart."
— Augustus Hill in Oz.
- 1 year ago
- 8
"There’s always a scar. Which is meant, I guess, to remind you that - even for a little while - someone made your heart beat faster. And that’s a scar you can live with. Proudly. All the days of your life."
— Augustus Hill in Oz
- 1 year ago
- 16
"You gotta love your body because it’s all you got to hold on to. It’s all you got. I’ll make a deal with you: I’ll love your body if you love mine."
— Augustus Hill in Oz
- 1 year ago
- 17
"
Its rare when you say goodbye to someone that you know its going to be the last time.
You can try and say all those things you should have said before.
Or you can hold on and hope that the moment will last a lifetime.
"— Augustus Hill in Oz
- 1 year ago
- 8
"So, what is it that separates you and me from the goldfish, the butterfly, the flat-billed platypus? Our minds, huh? Our souls, huh? The fact that we can get HBO? …Well, maybe it’s that humans are the only species to put other animals in cages. Put its own kind in cages."
— Augustus Hill in Oz.
- 1 year ago
- 2
