But, uh, real talk. Sometimes, what it looks like is all anybody can see.

NickI

Aleida: They tell you to get the GED like it's gonna change anything. How's a GED gonna make me not a felon?
Gloria: It show's you're making an effort.
Aleida: Yeah, and I go from unemployable to unemployable with a pat on my back.

I don't think racism should be a group activity. It's private.

Lorna

I am going to bury you! You're never coming back from this. Never.

Maria

Oh, I'm sorry. Did I make it sound like you had a choice? I took care of you. Now you are gonna take care of me. Butterscotch.

Judy

Poussey: You don't have to do that.
Soso: But..
Poussey: Look, I don't want you to do that 'cause you think that's what I want. I want you to want to do it. You feel me?

Nichols: Wow! Are you the symbol for empathy. No, Luschek, things aren't great. Let's see, uh... I'm sober, so that's something. All right, like, uh, intentionally sober, not barely-skating-by sober, for the first time in my life. Um... hardest fuckin' thing I've ever done and, oh yeah, I picked a hell of a time to do it considering that anything you want down here is available to you and less than a foot away at practically all times. Uh, what else, what else? Let me catch you up. I have no family, uh... I am completely alone. I have no friends. And, uh, yeah, yeah! It's all my fault, so thank you for coming all the way down here, and, uh, reminding me of that, while also managing to conveniently clear your own conscience, you know. I fuckin' really appreciate it!
Guard: Hey. Hey.
Nichols: I'm sorry. Uh... hey next time, do me a favor, right, just do it the old-fashioned way and cum all over my face and then leave, okay? Fuck you!

They're people, for Christ's sake. It's our job to take care of these women. Do your fucking job!

Coates

Soso: Oh, my God, trig! My second favorite category in Mathletics.
Aleida: Lucky me. A fairy god-chink to teach me math.
Soso: That's an offensive generalization, though apt in this case.

Moderator: I'm sorry to take us into choppy waters, but...how do you respond to the critics who say the bottom line is affecting the prisoners' quality of life?
Linda: Well, that is a good question. And at the end of the day, it is a prison, not the Four Seasons.

Flaca: Are you nervous?
Maritza: It's only boys. Once you get the blood rushing to their dicks, they're like your servants.

Gloria: Look, I didn't go to law school or nothing, but I know that they gotta be stepping on a few civil liberties here.
Piscatella: You committed a crime, inmate. So, if you wanna see who "stepped on your civil liberties," check under your own boot.