Escaped Quotes

256 Escaped quotes by 214 unique authors

From the place by the railing at the edge of the tracks on the summer evening I return across the city to my own room.… — Sherwood Anderson
Muses are fickle, and many a writer, peering into the voice, has escaped paralysis by ascribing the creative responsibility to a talisman: a lucky charm,… — Anne Fadiman
When the body escaped mutilation, seldom did the heart go to the grave unscarred. — Virginia Woolf
The world...is full of resurrections... Every night that folds us up in darkness is a death; and those of you that have been out early,… — George MacDonald
Under cover of her silence he pressed her arm closely to his side; and, as they stood at the hotel door, he felt that they… — James Joyce
People do not drift toward Holiness. Apart from grace-driven effort, people do not gravitate toward godliness, prayer, obedience to Scripture, faith, and delight in the… — D. A. Carson
Despite all my public misconduct, in the past year, I had learned the Elemental spells, the Doppelschläferin, and the preparation and flying of a magic… — Catherine Gilbert Murdock
What a pity that Bilbo did not stab that vile creature, when he had a chance!' Pity? It was Pity that stayed his hand. Pity,… — J.R.R. Tolkien
I tried to contain myself... but I escaped! — Gary Paulsen
From fire, water, the passage of time, neglectful readers, and the hand of the censor, each of my books has escaped to tell me its… — Alberto Manguel
I had only one desire: to dismember it. To see of what it was made, to discover the dearness, to find the beauty, the desirability… — Toni Morrison
...until that moment I had not understood that this was a story about lonely people, about absence and loss, and that that was why I… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon
It had occurred to Sean once - on a bender about ten years before with some buddies, Sean and a bloodstream full of bourbon turning… — Dennis Lehane
The kingdom of music is not the kingdom of this world; it will accept those whom breeding and intellect and culture have alike rejected. The… — E. M. Forster
Few things in Avonlea ever escaped Mrs. Lynde. It was only that morning Anne had said, "If you went to your own room at midnight,… — Lucy Maud Montgomery
There was a point to this story, but it has temporarily escaped the chronicler's mind. — Douglas Adams
I was kidnapped by aliens, they came down from outer space with ray guns, but I fooled them by wearing a wig and laughing in… — Neil Gaiman
If there is such a thing as being conditioned by climate and geography, and I think there is, it is the West that has conditioned… — Wallace Stegner
Figuratively, they escaped from Cout Olaf and their miserable existence. They did not literally escape, because they were still in his house and vulnerable to… — Daniel Handler
Now the Sirens have a still more fatal weapon than their song, namely their silence... someone might possibly have escaped from their singing; but from… — Franz Kafka
Nico strode forward. The enemy army fell back before him like he radiated death, which of course he did. Through the face guard of his… — Rick Riordan
The novels were an escape from reality in the sense that we could marvel at their beauty and perfection. Curiously, the novels we escaped into… — Azar Nafisi
What are you? (Danger) Well, had you listened before you stabbed me, you would have heard the ‘I’m Acheron’s Squire’ part. Apparently that somehow escaped… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Then how about one kiss?” he said with a sexy grin. “Something to remember me by?” ...“I’ll give you something to remember me by,” I… — Ellen Schreiber
My books happen. They tend to blast in from nowhere, seize me by the throat, and howl 'Write me! Write me now!' But they rarely… — Robin McKinley

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214 authors contributed a total of 256 Escaped Quotes, led by these top contributors: