“You cannot escape God's call on your life. He will pursue you to the ends of the earth!” — Jim George Copy Share Image
The accumulation of personal wealth and the extension of commercial transactions have developed a great and lamentable increase in certain classes of… — Edward Blake Copy Share Image
I love my job, but it can be a little stressful at times. And reading has become a really healthy escape. — Sean Doolittle Copy Share Image
“I think that [William] Faulkner and I each had to escape certain particulars of our lives, and we found salvation through words.… — Tennessee Williams Copy Share Image
“The one who merely flees is not yet free. In fleeing he is still conditioned by that from which he flees.” — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Copy Share Image
I've always been a fan of movies well before I got involved in the industry. The magic that it brings and being… — Jovan Adepo Copy Share Image
“You’ve gone far away to a place with no horses and very little grass, and you’re studying how to write a story… — Jennifer Echols Copy Share Image
My parents were wonderful people, but there were terrible rows between them, and at times I found the atmosphere at home unbearable.… — Michelle Magorian Copy Share Image
“The purpose of a pilgrimage is about setting aside a long period of time in which the only focus is to be… — L.M. Browning Copy Share Image
After two terms as California's Governator, Schwarzenegger slipped comfortably back into pictures with 'The Last Stand,' a modern Western, then crammed into… — Richard Corliss Copy Share Image
Escapist literature gets a bad rap. But I think escape is important for a lot of people in a lot of places. — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
Society cannot escape what is essentially a moral question: When does human life deserve legal protection from the state? And society certainly… — Blase J. Cupich Copy Share Image
“Snakes shed their skin, cats their fur, manta rays their teeth. Man sheds used-up objects: he leaves an open Nesquik tin and… — Marcelo Figueras Copy Share Image
Our eyes only see the big dimensions, but beyond those there are others that escape detection because they are so small. — Brian Greene Copy Share Image
I left Cambodia when I was 12 or 13. I didn't really escape, but I needed to go away. — Rithy Panh Copy Share Image
There's something really special, and addictive, about making that connection with an audience - knowing that they may never have seen you… — Lolly Adefope Copy Share Image
“A poor man needs the escape far more than a wealthy man does." "Escape," Amanda repeated, having never heard a book described… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
“There should be a little gap between you and your friends, though you'll miss their companionship and you'll also miss their disrespect.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
Delving into history is not an escape for me. I'm like a detective, sniffing for clues with a terrier-like excitement. — David Starkey Copy Share Image
“...there was one thing she would think about when she was high, one thing she would feel: that she was transparent, not… — DeSales Harrison Copy Share Image
When I was younger, I was so invested in having an outlet because I was severely bullied. My escape was going into… — Alex Cooper Copy Share Image
Adventurous reading allows one to escape a little from the provincialities of one's home culture and the blinders of one's narrow self. — Michael Dirda Copy Share Image
