Escaped Quotes

256 Escaped quotes by 214 unique authors

Being with him made her feel as though her soul had escaped from the narrow confines of her island country into the vast, extravagant spaces… — Arundhati Roy
Do you remember me telling you we are practicing non-verbal spells, Potter?" "Yes," said Harry stiffly. "Yes, sir." "There's no need to call me "sir"… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Does it hurt?" The childish question had escaped Harry's lips before he could stop it. "Dying? Not at all," said Sirius. "Quicker and easier than… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Miss, n. A title with which we brand unmarried women to indicate they are in the market. Miss, Misses (Mrs.) and Mister (Mr.) are the… — Ambrose Bierce
Adam and Eve had many advantages, but the principal one was that they escaped teething. — Mark Twain
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 DoppelschlÃ¤ferin, 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

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