Escaping Quotes

191 quotes by 175 authors

The ' pleasure' of being drunk is obviously the pleasure of escaping from the responsibility of Consciousness. — Ayn Rand
Sometimes it seems unfair that events so old can reach forward through the years, sinking claws into one's life and twisting all that follows it.… — Robin Hobb
There's a tap on the door then. We all exchange looks, Tommy Falk's as uncertain as the rest of ours. No one moves, so I… — Maggie Stiefvater
She had been so consumed with escaping her own misery, she hadn't considered the misery she might inflict. — Mitch Albom
Who knows? Maybe theyâ€™re right. Maybe we are driven crazy by our feelings. Maybe love is a disease, and we would be better off without… — Lauren Oliver
When you see a man led to prison say in your heart, "Mayhap he is escaping from a narrower prison." And when you see a… — Khalil Gibran
She placed her palm over his wound, pressing as hard as she dared. She would stop the blood. She would hold him and stop his… — Michael Grant
Who are these people?" my mother asked. "Guess," replied Abe flatly. "Who would be foolish enough to break into court after escaping it? — Richelle Mead
The difficulty lies, not in the new ideas, but in escaping the old ones, which ramify, for those brought up as most of us have… — John Maynard Keynes
I love escaping into film, because everyday life I find quite troublesome. So any excuse to go into a cinema and say goodbye to the… — Alison Goldfrapp
In Romania, of course, gymnastics is among the most popular sports, and my parents had a dream of escaping the Ceausescu regime and giving their… — Dominique Moceanu
I experienced how foreign aid for large-scale vaccination projects helps to save the life of children and thus give a real input to growth and… — Jonas Gahr Store
What modern humans need help with is escaping from the despair of politics, commerce and media, escaping from the drabness and oppressiveness of worldly values… — Michael Leunig
My parents emigrated from Poland in 1924 with my brother, who was a few months old. They were from a simple family of Polish Jews.… — Francois Englert
Shopmas now begins on Thanksgiving Day. Apparently, escaping the families you cannot stand to spend another minute with on Thanksgiving Day to go buy them… — Barry Ritholtz
When I was young, I read everything I could lay my hands on, but the Scots in my storybooks spent their time fighting glorious battles,… — Theresa Breslin
Is this not the true romantic feeling; not to desire to escape life, but to prevent life from escaping you. — Thomas Wolfe
Greatness, in the last analysis, is largely bravery - courage in escaping from old ideas and old standards and respectable ways of doing things. — James Harvey Robinson
Thus united to them in the fellowship of life, he will both understand the things revealed to them by God and, thenceforth escaping the peril… — Athanasius
I think escapism is very important, certainly in my life. I love nothing more than escaping into the world of a film or a novel.… — Ben Barnes

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