James Robson quotes from Oz

James Robson

Hey. Jesus. Don't do this to me, Vern. You guys are all I got in here.

It's not my choice, James, we've got a charter to fallow. You know that charter better then anybody.

James Robson

I asked the fucking dentist. He said he put white mans gums in my mouth. White.

Really? 'Cause that bruise Dr. Faraj planted on your cheek is blue. That tells me you didn't get the answer you were looking for. Tomorrow you're moving to another cell.

Oh, lookie here, my stepbrother. Feels good talking with a black man's gums, don't it?

James Robson

I need a shit load of tits, now.

You? All that Aryan drug free bullshit just bullshit ain't it?

James Robson

Will you shut your fucking corn trap and hook me? Or I can take my cash elsewhere.

Alright, man.

James Robson

I don't really have anyone else to talk to in this place.

That's what I'm here for.

James Robson

You ever been scared of dying?

Oh, yeah. My first year here, a man named Warren Sticks, we were in the middle of a session and suddenly he leapt out of his chair and started to choke me. I blacked out, and when I came to I was lying in a pool of blood, his blood. He had slit his wrists with the edge of my tape dispenser. I realized he was attempting to knock me out so he could kill himself.

James Robson

You remember that sensation, thinking you were gonna die?

Is that how you feel now?

James Robson

I've felt that way every day since as long as I can remember.

How far back is that?

James Robson

Much further than I'd like. I was Gerald Robson's only child. Even as a kid, you do what you gotta do to survive, 'cause when you're six, running away is not an option.

Did he beat you?

James Robson

Oh, yeah. And worse.

Did he abuse you sexually?

James Robson

It's funny, here I am 36 years old, and I got nowhere to run. You know? And I-I guess what what I want to know is: Is it okay to do whatever is necessary to survive?