“Seven years? By yourself?... you're a prisoner," said Thorne. "I prefer damsel in distress," she murmured.” — Marissa Meyer Copy Share Image
In Vietnam we have no political prisoners. No one is arrested or jailed for his or her speech or point of view.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Never did a prisoner, released from his chains, feel such relief as I shall on shaking off the shackles of power. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“No matter what, she couldn’t allow herself to forget she was a prisoner, even if Beast’s castle was better than the hell… — Vivienne Savage Copy Share Image
Once I was a prisoner lost inside myself with the world surrounding me, wandering through the misery, but now I am free.… — Mariah Carey Copy Share Image
“Twenty-five dollars or I walk out that door,’ he said. It was probably a phrase never ever said before by any prisoner… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
That means presenting the issues in certain ways that will appeal to those people and then becoming a prisoner of your own… — Robert Scheer Copy Share Image
In a consumer society there are inevitably two kinds of slaves: the prisoners of addiction and the prisoners of envy. — Ivan Illich Copy Share Image
New fathers, political prisoners, traumatised presidential aides, resolute schoolboys, MEPs addressing unfriendly chambers - we all find that Shakespeare has magically anticipated… — Daniel Hannan Copy Share Image
In one of his final acts in office, President Obama shortened the sentences of 209 prisoners, pardoned 64 individuals .The list included… — Amy Goodman Copy Share Image
“You are right," he cried with an immense sigh of relief. "It is quite superficial." His face set like flint as he… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
This love was a torment, and he resented bitterly the subjugation in which it held him; he was a prisoner and he… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
“Anything outside the barbed wire became remote - out of reach and, in a way, unreal. The events and the people outside,… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
“Life there had been grim, but he had a maid, a woman who took care of him and cooked for him and… — Helene Stapinski Copy Share Image
If people are encouraged to come out and say they're HIV-positive and they're given their treatments, then obviously, the people who are… — Elton John Copy Share Image
We consider a prisoner unfortunate. He is unfortunate in two ways-because he has done something wrong and because he is deprived of… — L. Frank Baum Copy Share Image
“It seems to me just as imbecile, just as infernal, to have to go to the office on Monday," said Jonathan, "as… — Katherine Mansfield Copy Share Image
“What packages we were allowed to receive from our families often contained handkerchiefs, scarves, and other clothing items. For some time, Mike… — John McCain Copy Share Image
I went back to work right away [after prison]. I was very lucky — a friend of mine created a job for… — Piper Kerman Copy Share Image
“He tried to measure his day by tallying the hours on his wrist. I wiped it off and called him a prisoner.… — Kamand Kojouri Copy Share Image
Only in love can I find you, my God. In love the gates of my soul spring open, allowing me to breathe… — Karl Rahner Copy Share Image
In early youth, as we contemplate our coming life, we are like children in a theatre before the curtain is raised, sitting… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
Friday morning, Kylie, Miranda, and Della, each carting suitcases, walked the trail to meet up with their parents. They walked slowly, like… — C.C. Hunter Copy Share Image
“Block of Death. Just inside the door on the left is the room where they held the proceedings. Jarek remarks that the… — Christopher Buckley Copy Share Image
“He was beginning to understand how those ridiculous tales had made her a prisoner of others’ expectations.” — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
'Prisoner' is not a direct 'I've just been divorced' album, although that fire is burning very well on the record. — Ryan Adams Copy Share Image
Remember the story of the Spanish prisoner. For many years he was confined in a dungeon... One day it occurred to him… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
It is unconscionable for Russia to force Ukrainian citizens into Russia, and put them in what will basically be concentration and prisoner… — Linda Thomas-Greenfield Copy Share Image
The first prison I ever saw had inscribed on it CEASE TO DO EVIL: LEARN TO DO WELL; but as the inscription… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
To be a prisoner means to be defined as a member of a group for whom the rules of what can be… — Catharine MacKinnon Copy Share Image
I think they clearly do not fit within the prescriptions of the Geneva Convention. It's hard for me to see how members… — Eric Holder Copy Share Image
Women are strong now. Women are dominating the charts, and women are doing it for themselves. We're kicking butt and taking no… — Patti LaBelle Copy Share Image
In the marketing society, we seek fulfillment but settle for abundance. Prisoners of plenty, we have the freedom to consume instead of… — Clive Hamilton Copy Share Image
“I shouldn’t think of my situation as being held prisoner; it’s more like I’m on a mission behind enemy lines. I’m a… — Pittacus Lore Copy Share Image
We've seen the reality of Saddam's regime: his thugs prepared to kill their own people, the parading of prisoners of war and… — Tony Blair Copy Share Image
I live on the limit, Vyvyan. The limit, because I'm a rider at the gates of dawn and I take no prisoners! — Rik Mayall Copy Share Image
There is about as much educational benefit to be gained in studying dolphins in captivity as there would be studying mankind by… — Jacques Yves Cousteau Copy Share Image
We are the prisoners of ideas. They catch us up for moments into their heaven, and so fully engage us, that we… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I only escaped from Tibet because I feared my people would resort to desperate violence if the Chinese took me as their… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
From imperial, economic and ideological causes, many cultures are the inheritors, and hence the prisoners, of attitudes of scorn and disdain for… — Idries Shah Copy Share Image