Escape Quotes

1931 Escape quotes by 1394 unique authors

What they do not comprehend is man's helplessness. I am weak, small, of no consequence to the universe. It does not notice me; I live… — Philip K. Dick
Sometimes, though, I feel that pushing books is a whole lot like pushing medicine. Think of books as pills. I have pills that cure ignorance… — Tom Robbins
There must always be two kinds of art: escape-art, for man needs escape as he needs food and deep sleep, and parable-art, that art which… — Wystan Hugh Auden
A serious adult story must be true to something in life. Since marvel tales cannot be true to the events of life, they must shift… — H P Lovecraft
Have you ever had so much to say that your mouth closed up tight struggling to harness the nuclear force coalescing within your words? Have… — Ellen Hopkins
A man or a race either if he's any good can survive his past without even needing to escape from it and not because of… — William Faulkner
In order to escape accountability for his crimes, the perpetrator does everything in his power to promote forgetting. If secrecy fails, the perpetrator attacks the… — Judith Lewis Herman
All men who read escape from something else into what lies behind the printed page; the quality of the dream may be argued, but its… — Raymond Chandler
Marx, Darwin and Freud are the three most crashing bores of the Western World. Simplistic popularization of their ideas has thrust our world into a… — William Golding
In a city this size, every year, hundreds of husbands walk away. Kids leave home. Wives escape. People disappear. — Chuck Palahniuk
He wanted to be where no one would know who he was. He wanted to escape from himself. — Oscar Wilde
Observance of customs and laws can very easily be a cloak for a lie so subtle that our fellow human beings are unable to detect… — Carl Jung
E!" Klaus cried. "E as in Exit!" The Baudelaires ran down E as in Exit, but when they reached the last cabinet, the row was… — Daniel Handler
You have no doubt guessed long since that the conquest of time and the escape from reality, or however else it may be that you… — Hermann Hesse
My actions are my only true belongings. I cannot escape the consequences of my actions. My actions are the ground on which I stand. — Nhat Hanh
She suddenly began to jump up and down, screaming at the top of her lungs. "The arks are after me! The arks are after me!… — Ted Dekker
She felt a cage coming down around her; too late she realized that he had her trapped by the heart. And like any unwilling animal… — Jodi Picoult
He would wake for no reason in the middle of the night, and the memory of the self-absorbed love was revealed to him for what… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
What really counted was the possibility of escape, a leap of freedom, out of the implacable ritual, a wild run for it that would give… — Albert Camus
Reading is everything. Reading makes me feel like I've accomplished something, learned something, become a better person. Reading makes me smarter. Reading gives me something… — Nora Ephron
Your success and happiness are forgiven you only if you generously consent to share them. But to be happy it is essential not to be… — Albert Camus
I will take away your means of escape. — Natsuki Takaya
Islam was like a mental cage. At first, when you open the door, the caged bird stays inside: it is frightened. It has internalized its… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali
How did I escape? With difficulty. How did I plan this moment? With pleasure. — Alexandre Dumas
Death comes to us all sooner or later. We cannot escape it. — Brian Jacques

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