“Prisons are built with stones of law; brothels with bricks of religion.”
Source: 1790s, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790–1793), Proverbs of Hell, Line 21
“I’m the princess in an ivory tower, except every brick is made of history, and I built this prison myself.”
Source: Leaving Time
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