Amanda Knox

“As this case has progressed, the evidence that the prosecution has claimed exists against me has been proven less and less and less. And all that has happened is that they've filled these holes with speculation.”

“When we label human beings and flatten them to just a splashy headline, we lose decency and the truth.”

“To be quite honest, the joyful relief of the publication of my book was short-lived.”

“I think that there was a lot of fantasy projected onto me, and that resulted in a reappropriation and re-characterization of who I am.”

“I have been in an experience where I thought everything that I had hoped for in my life was taken away from me, and I had to redefine what mattered.”

“I always carry a book with me to read on the bus, and I tend to arrive everywhere early.”

“There are those who believe in my innocence and those who believe in my guilt. There is no in-between.”

“It's one thing to be called certain things in the media, and then it's another thing to be sitting in a courtroom, fighting for your life while people are calling you a devil.”

“I didn't confess. I was interrogated. They acted like my answers were wrong. They told me I was wrong, that I didn't remember correctly, that I had to remember correctly. And if I didn't, I would never see my family.”

“What I started to read and most enjoyed while I was a student was an Italian edition of 'Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.'”

“Before Italy, I had a happy life.”

“It's almost like living a double life where I'm in a limbo space where Amanda Knox, a real person, exists, 'Foxy Knoxy,' an idea of a person, exists, and I'm constantly having to juggle how someone is interacting with me based upon that two-dimensional person of me that has been in the public's imagination for so long.”

“I'm working on getting tougher with self-defence classes.”

“The only thing I rely on is caffeine.”

“I'm terrible at basketball. I have really small hands, and I can't control the ball.”

“I have a few close friends with whom I can practice speaking Italian, but I mostly maintain fluency through reading.”

“People can take, take, take from you. There are people whose profession is to do that. It's entertainment at the cost of human lives.”

“The only thing I can do is continue to defend myself.”

“I know that Perugia is probably the least-welcome place for me in the entire world.”

“After my conviction, I was devastated. I had never believed that I would be convicted.”