Patty Hearst Quotes, Thoughts and images

Well, you know, it's really been, you know, quite a trip for me.

For me, my awakening came when I was kidnapped.

I finally figured out what my crime was. I lived. Big mistake.

I became as much of a believer as I was capable of becoming.

I'm a coward, I didn't want to die.

Well, you know, they were - they were a terrorist group. They - when I was kidnapped they published all of their statements about their war that they declared on the United States.

You have to go hunting to know the excitement of seeing someone get their first deer. It's a thrill for them. It is.

People who've never gone hunting have a tendency to look down on hunters and act like they're out killing Bambi's father.

Even to me, as I was trying to tell the government what had happened, it just didn't seem to matter.

There is - you know, there's receipts for rented cars and license plates and guns and hand prints and palm prints and fingerprints. You know, I want to wait until I'm in a court.

I got hit in the face with a gun. I'm not very fragile at all. It makes me think maybe things would be easier if I were terribly frail and fragile somehow.

And, you know, like I said, I'm not looking forward to a trial.

Through my mind, is just the horror of these people. I had been held by them, I knew how violent they were.

I think Charles Manson was a hair's breath away from just being a terrorist. He wanted to start a war, too.

And here in Los Angeles, once again, I'm going to go down and be a witness. There's a guilty plea. I don't mind being on the witness stand, but I think they mind it a lot.

You know, my daughters have been through their entire lives and knowing about my case.

I mean, Emily Harris was his wife.And she seemed to resent his leadership, but on the other hand, she felt like a good soldier, that he had to be the leader.

My daughters have grown up knowing all about my kidnapping and the case and what happened.