Escape Quotes

1931 Escape quotes by 1394 unique authors

Here I am, wasting away inside a book I wish I could escape, and all she wants to do is stay in the story. If… — Jodi Picoult
All my life I have lied. I lied to escape, I lied to be loved, I lied for placement and power; I lied to lie.… — John Banville
We fall in love because we long to escape from ourselves with someone as beautiful, intelligent, and witty as we are ugly, stupid, and dull.… — Alain de Botton
This was before voice mail, recorded phone messages you can't escape. Life was easier then. You just didn't pick up the phone. — Joyce Carol Oates
So we dream on. Thus we invent our lives. We give ourselves a sainted mother, we make our father a hero; and someone’s older brother… — John Irving
Little as she was addicted to solitude, there had come to be moments when it seemed a welcome escape from the empty noises of her… — Edith Wharton
Leisure is only possible when we are at one with ourselves. We tend to overwork as a means of self-escape, as a way of trying… — Josef Pieper
Unforgiveness denies the victim the possibility of parole and leaves them stuck in the prison of what was, incarcerating them in their trauma and relinquishing… — T.D. Jakes
Things every person should have: •A nemesis. •An evil twin. •A secret headquarters. •An escape hatch. •A partner in crime. •A secret identity. — Wil Wheaton
Day 24. Situation is growing worse. My captors continue to find new and horrific ways to torture me. When not working, Agent Scarlet spends her… — Richelle Mead
Escape from the realm of the dead is impossible. She's not dead. Not this time. — Meg Cabot
It is this kindness of his that unsettles me most. I can dodge a blow or block a knife. I am impervious to poison and… — R.L. LaFevers
Maybe I was what Leah thought she was. Some kind of dead end that shouldn’t be passed on to another generation. Or maybe it was… — Stephenie Meyer
I am a quiet man. I tend to think things through and try not to say too much. But here I am, saying perhaps too… — Douglas Coupland
This is what it means to be alone: everyone is connected to everyone else, their bodies are a bright liquid life flowing around you, sharing… — Barbara Kingsolver
I was confident that I was a special person. But time slowly chips away at life. People don't just die when their time comes. They… — Haruki Murakami
Maniacal suicide. —This is due to hallucinations or delirious conceptions. The patient kills himself to escape from an imaginary danger or disgrace, or to obey… — Emile Durkheim
Mother used to say escape is never further than the nearest book. Well, Mumsy, no, not really. Your beloved large-print sagas of rags, riches, and… — David Mitchell
Your life is inescapable. Unless you decide to escape it. — David Levithan
We'd sit with a big bowl of popcorn, wrapped together in a queen-size blanket, and would escape to a place where magic was ours for… — Jodi Picoult
We do not escape into philosophy, psychology, and art--we go there to restore our shattered selves into whole ones. — Anais Nin
Once again the absurdity of my inner thoughts overwhelms me, and I want to crawl out of my skin, escape my ugly, awkward flesh and… — Isaac Marion
I’m going to lie this one right on the line, right here, right now: I’m pro big pants. Strident feminism NEEDS big pants. Really big.… — Caitlin Moran
The imagination says listen to me. I am your darkest voice. I am your 4 a.m. voice. I am the voice that wakes you up… — John Guare
And imagining that future keeps you going, but you never do it. You just use the future to escape the present. — John Green

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