From the first moment I laid my eyes on you, I knew that I…

Because after you've crossed some lines, you just keep crossing them. And there's no escaping from constant escape. Distracting ourselves. Avoiding confrontation. Getting past…

— Chuck Palahniuk

“Exactly. So, what can't you take? Decide which of the two options is harder, and do the other. That way, no matter how hard…

— Josephine Angelini

I've always been a very restless person. I work hard, spend too much time looking after my son, I dance like a mad thing,…

— Paulo Coelho

“What I'm trying to say is that I spent the last four months learning to be alone, avoiding the world, hating pretty much anyone…

— Andrea Cremer

I can hardly believe what these 12 caricatures [about Prophet Muhammad] have caused in the world. We Danes feel like we have been placed…

— Anders Fogh Rasmussen

I know a bit about taxation and the remarkable effort that goes in to avoiding it.

— Robert Rinder

When you are in hard labor, remember that the length of labor is usually proportional to the number of people around. Avoid the presence…

— Michel Odent

I don't believe in happy endings. Children have got to face death sooner or later. Granny and Grandpa die, dogs die, cats die, gerbils…

— Raymond Briggs

Resisting and avoiding pain sucks energy-and time. The more you let yourself feel those minute-and-a-half hells, the quicker you'll start feeling those minute-and-a-half happinesses.

— Leigh Newman

Reading is sometimes an ingenious device for avoiding thought.

— Arthur Helps

A day can really slip by when you're deliberately avoiding what you're supposed to do.

— Bill Watterson

When someone starts Ignoring you, just back off without staying there with them Just to know the reason for avoiding..

— Vishak

You know what takes effort? Being kind, being patient, being respectful, telling someone how you feel politely instead of just avoiding them for six…

— Jake Tapper

It's all about being flexible, and avoiding choices whenever possible. Choices suck, they are inherently limiting.

— Craig Armstrong

In my personal life I'm very conservative. I've been married to the same person for nearly 50 years, I'm scrupulous about paying bills, avoiding…

— Christopher Walken