Escape Quotes

1931 Escape quotes by 1394 unique authors

I never understood why you would ever feel the need to shoot the fish in the barrel. I mean, they're in a barrel, you've already… — Craig Silvey
Reading is a gift. It's something you can do almost anytime and anywhere. It can be a tremendous way to learn, relax, and even escape.… — Richard Carlson
I soon came to understand that drink, tobacco and prostitutes were all great means if dissipating (even for a few moments) my dread for human… — Osamu Dazai
To lead a life that goes beyond pettiness and prejudice and always wanting to make sure that everything turns out on our own terms, to… — Pema Chodron
There's no real objection to escapism, in the right places... We all want to escape occasionally. But science fiction is often very far from escapism,… — Arthur C. Clarke
Life is always sad. That's what makes suicide so tempting because life is all that we really have and haven't. Death makes us equals, too,… — F. Sionil JosÃ©
Most lead lives at worst so painful, at best so monotonous, poor and limited that the urge to escape, the longing to transcend themselves if… — Aldous Huxley
There are all kinds of darkness, and all kinds of things can be found in them, imprisoned, banished, lost or hidden. Sometimes they escape. Sometimes… — Terry Pratchett
And the idea of ourselves is our escape from the fact what we really are. — Jiddu Krishnamurti
Confined on the ship, from which there is no escape, the madman is delivered to the river with its thousand arms, the sea with its… — Michel Foucault
If you want a thing--truly want it, want it so badly that you need it as you need air to breathe, then unless you die,… — Octavia Butler
Spilling a Secret What its size, will have varying consequences. It’s not possible to predict what will happen if you open the gunnysack, let the… — Ellen Hopkins
His left eyebrow crept higher and higher as I told him the strange bits like the glowing letters and serpent staff. "Well, Sadie," Inspector Williams… — Rick Riordan
I had no interests. I had no interest in anything. I had no idea how I was going to escape. At least the others had… — Charles Bukowski
I will tell you what we shall do: if ever you need to rescue Catherine, or you Berkley, Maximus, I will help you, and you… — Naomi Novik
So you find yourself surrounded by death and horror in the world, and you escape it into lust. But lust has no duration; it leaves… — Hermann Hesse
No, I won't try to escape myself by losing myself in artificial chatter 'Did you have a nice vacation?' 'Oh, yes, and you?' I'll stay… — Sylvia Plath
People read books to escape the uncertainties of life. — Barbara Kingsolver
I would give anything to escape myself, Flynn thought, just for a day, just for a minute even. Just to know what it was like… — Tabitha Suzuma
If cynicism and love lie at opposite ends of a spectrum, do we not sometimes fall in love in order to escape the debilitating cynicism… — Alain de Botton
I didn't want to be in the teeming mass of the working class.[...] I didn't want to live and die in the same place with… — Jeanette Winterson
Eve engaged her On Duty sign and stepped out of the car. Immediately her ears were assaulted with a blast of music. Christmas carols pumped,… — Nora Roberts
You are free when you gain back yourself,” Madame Wu said. “You can be as free within these walls as you could be in the… — Pearl S. Buck
Once I'm on my feet i realize escape might not be so simple, panic begins to set in. i can't stay here. flight is essential… — Suzanne Collins
My mouth is a fire escape. The words coming out don’t care that they are naked. There is something burning in there. — Andrea Gibson

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