“I am a canvas of my experiences, my story is etched in lines and shading, and you can read it on my body. ”

“My body is my journal, and my tattoos are my story.”

“I am not my body. My body is nothing without me.”

“I am thankful that the President of the United States has given me permission to tell my story. I hope that he and those in authority under him will read my story and judge whether my people have been rightly treated.”

“Thank you, dear Sophia. From every cell in my broken body, my radiant body, I thank you. I am alive. I am free… to live… to die.”

“I am my own experiment. I am my own work of art.”

“To my son,

If you are reading this letter, then I am dead.”

“Farewell, farewel, Night shades my Body o're,
Stretching my hands, t'embrace thee, thine no more.”

“It is not my purpose to attempt a real autobiography. I simply want to tell the story of my experiments with truth…as my life consists of nothing but those experiments.”

“You take my heart with you, my loving captor."
"Nay, Madelyne. I am your captive in body and soul.”