Mother used to say escape is never further than the…

“escape is never further than the nearest book”

— David Mitchell

“They say you can't escape your past, but I don't believe that. I believe you escape it every day, over and over again, always…

— Susan Richards

Mother used to say escape is never further than the nearest book. Well, Mumsy, no, not really. Your beloved large-print sagas of rags, riches,…

— David Mitchell

Everything comes home, my mother used to say; every word spoken, every shadow cast, every footprint in the sand. It can't be helped; it's…

— Joanne Harris

Books don't offer real escape, but they can stop a mind scratching itself raw.

— David Mitchell

My mother used to make the most amazing yogurt.

— Hamdi Ulukaya

My mother used to say that when I told her that I wanted to be an artist, her famous line was, 'The only artists…

— Glenn Ligon

“Marty, my mother used to say "Never get greedy with God." I think what she meant was "Don't dare ask for more if you…

— James Patterson

“Mother: “He used to say that you could lock me in a closet and I’d still get something out of it. I guess that’s…

— Eula Biss

When I was nine years old, living on the south side of Chicago, my father was a minister and my mother used to scrub…

— Mr. T

The driving thing was for me to get out of the poverty that we lived in... My mother always used to say that we…

— Pat O'Shane

My mother used to box, and I followed her footsteps into training. She loves fighting.

— Amanda Nunes

My father passed away when I was two, and my mother was just 22-years-old back then. So young and only soul to take care…

— Bharti Singh

“Trouble comes to those who bring it upon themselves, her mother used to say,”

— Martha Conway

“She’s so pretty to look at and so lighthearted, the way your mother used to be before we married. But she’s not, let’s say,…

— Anne Tyler