Escape Quotes

1931 Escape quotes by 1394 unique authors

Everything here at St. Aggie's is upside down and inside out. It's our job not to get moon blinked and to stand right side up… — Kathryn Lasky
At what point does a fly give up trying to escape through a closed window–do its survival instincts keep it going until it is physicaly… — Tabitha Suzuma
I'm afraid of those cows,' protested poor Dora, seeing a prospect of escape. 'The very idea of your being scared of those cows,' scoffed Davy.… — Lucy Maud Montgomery
In Tereza’s eyes, books were the emblems of a secret brotherhood. For she had but a single weapon against the world of crudity surrounding her:… — Milan Kundera
We still find the greedy hand of government thrusting itself into every corner and crevice of industry and grasping at the spoil of the multitude.… — Thomas Paine
But... when I left you, Bella, I left you bleeding. Jacob was the one to stitch you back up again. That was bound to leave… — Stephenie Meyer
Look beneath the surface; let not the several quality of a thing nor its worth escape thee. — Marcus Aurelius
And I knew that the Spirit that had gone forth to shape the world and make it live was still alive in it. I just… — Wendell Berry
I had always turned to books, to knowledge, to help me get through everything in my life—and, sometimes, to escape it. But grief was a… — Michele Bardsley
The problem with most genre fantasy is that it's not nearly fantastic enough. It's escapist, but it can't escape. — China Mieville
What haunts me is not exactly the absence of literal space so much as a deep craving for metaphorical space: release, escape, some kind of… — Naomi Klein
When things get unbearable, I wrap myself into a tight ball and shut my eyes. Every muscle in my body is tense. I open my… — Elizabeth Wurtzel
He chose the boy he thought most likely to be a danger to him," said Dumbledore. And notice this, Harry. He chose, not the pureblood… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
It didn't escape Karou's notice that he found subtle ways of touching her. — Laini Taylor
Yeah. Rose." Jill sighed and stared vacantly ahead. "She's all he sees when he closes his eyes. Flashing dark eyes and a body full of… — Richelle Mead
I was trying to find a reason for having had to escape from the place that was my home. To convince myself of my choices,… — Portia de Rossi
The principal difference between an adventurer and a suicide is that the adventurer leaves himself a margin of escape (the narrower the margin the greater… — Tom Robbins
The search for Nirvana, like the search for Utopia or the end of history or the classless society, is ultimately a futile and dangerous one.… — Christopher Hitchens
But death doesn't scare me. To know exactly when I might expect it, up close and in my face, would actually be a comfort. Because… — Ellen Hopkins
The young man shivered. He rolled the stock themes of fantasy over in his mind: cars and stockbrokers and commuters, housewives and police, agony columns… — Neil Gaiman
The platform underneath the balloon fell on her as she was trying to escape," she explained. "She was crushed." "I'd have been disappointed too. — Anthony Horowitz
I’ve watched you barely escape death several times, and each instance killed me a little inside. They may be dormant now, but we have enemies… — Jeaniene Frost
When I am dead--I say it that way because from the things I know, I do not expect to live long enough to read this… — Malcolm X
With no chance to take off, I had to play my role, searching for the rendezvous spot, which gave me the excuse to look for… — Kelley Armstrong
Reality is a cliché from which we escape by metaphor. — Wallace Stevens

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