Never Escape Quotes

37 quotes by 35 authors

There is, in every event, whether lived or told, always a hole or a gap, often more than one. If we allow ourselves to get… — Brian Evenson
One of the drawbacks of Fame is that one can never escape from it. — Nellie Melba
There are some troubles from which mankind can never escape .... have never claimed that liberty will bring perfection; they simply say that its results… — Benjamin Tucker
I get paid for seeing that my clients have every break the law allows. I have knowingly defended a number of guilty men. But the… — F. Lee Bailey
We really can't boil a man's life down to seasonal divisions of spring, summer, autumn, and winter. Seasons cycle perennially, and we enjoy them because… — Hideo Kojima
With infinite life comes an infinite list of relatives. Grandparents never die, nor do great grandparents, great-auntsâ€¦and so on, back through the generations, all alive… — Alan Lightman
We [writers] must know that we can never escape the common misery and that our only justification, if indeed there is a justification, is to… — Albert Camus
Never give up, never escape, take everything in, and perhaps suffer, that's not too awful either, but never, never give up. — Etty Hillesum
Do not blame any supernatural being, neither be hopeless and despondent, nor think we are in a place from which we can never escape unless… — Swami Vivekananda
What I could never escape was Germany, and being German. — Georg Baselitz
The function of education has never been to free the mind and the spirit of man, but to bind them; and to the end that… — Jules Henry
On the surface it seems that the present moment is only one of many, many moments. Each day of your life appears to consist of… — Eckhart Tolle
You know how it is with fathers, you never escape the idea that maybe after all they're right. — John Updike
Men can never escape being governed. Either they must govern themselves or they must submit to being governed by others. — Theodore Roosevelt
I resolve to venture into the city on my own. I look at maps in the libraryâ€”subway maps, bus maps, and regular mapsâ€”and try to… — Deborah Feldman
I'm not in favor of the death penalty. But I'm in favor of locking these people away in maximum security units where they can never… — John Grisham
I am fine with 'Puppy Love.' I hated it for a while. But I still sing it. I have a country version, a sexy version… — Donny Osmond
Industrial tourism is a threat to the national parks. But the chief victims of the system are the motorized tourists. They are being robbed and… — Edward Abbey
She envied Ralph his dying, for if one were thinking of rest that was the most perfect of all. To cease utterly, to give it… — Henry James
A man who catches History's eye is thereafter bound to a mistress from whom he will never escape. — Salman Rushdie

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