There is nothing wrong with avoiding people who hurt you.

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