It's not just the body that must survive a jail term: the spirit and the will and the heart have to make it through as well. If any one of them is broken or destroyed, the man whose living body walks through the gate, at the end of his sentence, can't be said to have survived it. Gregory David Roberts
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When a person walks out of jail after serving a sentence for a crime, they have been through a body transformation. They have been through so much trauma and pain but they still manage to survive. They have re-enforced themselves with the will and the spirit and the heart that will keep them going.

Source: Shantaram

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