Trapped Quotes

512 quotes by 429 authors

It was like that class at school where the teacher talks about Realization, about how you could realize something big in a commonplace thing. The… — Amy Hempel
She felt like a fictional character who'd escaped the book in which her creator had carefully and kindly trapped her, taken a pair of scissors… — Kate Morton
I was mortified by the prospect of becoming hopelessly trapped in someone else's story. — Lionel Shriver
Momma said that ghosts couldn't move over water. That's why Africans got trapped in the Americas.. They kept moving us over the water, stealing us… — Laurie Halse Anderson
Alric looked up at the thief with a scowl. â€œI just want to say for the record that as far as royal protectors go, youâ€™re… — Michael J. Sullivan
You couldnâ€™t begin to imagine who I am, where Iâ€™m going, or what Iâ€™m about to do, All of you are trapped here. You canâ€™t… — Haruki Murakami
He became absorbed beyond mere happiness as he felt himself exercising control over living things. He talked to them, urging them, ordering them. Driven back… — William Golding
Just hold on. Just for a minute." "Are you all right ?" I found my gaze dropping towards his chair, afraid some part of him… — Jojo Moyes
Trapped in silence, Marco traces apologies and adorations across Celia's body with his tongue. Mutely expressing all the things he cannot speak aloud. He finds… — Erin Morgenstern
If there's a more helpless feeling than trying to reach someone you love who's trapped underground, I don't know it. — Suzanne Collins
I'm telling you, I wanted to. But I was trapped. You of all people should know what it's like being caught between groups — Richelle Mead
Men live their lives trapped in an eternal present, between the mists of memory and the sea of shadow that is all we know of… — George R. R. Martin
Feelings and stories of unworthiness and shame are perhaps the most binding element in the trance of fear. When we believe something is wrong with… — Tara Brach
I hate you for all the years I 'll have to live without you. How can a heart hurt this much and still go on… — Lisa Kleypas
understanding the true nature of instinctive decision making requires us to be forgiving of those people trapped in circumstances where good judgment is imperiled. — Malcolm Gladwell
Leo felt trapped. Heâ€™d once been stuck in a cave on top of Pikes Peak, surrounded by a pack of werewolves. Another time heâ€™d been… — Rick Riordan
Chimes?" Phyllis asked. "Chimes to call a lover? Chimes with the voice of a bird trapped in them? Chimes that play you whatever song you… — Sarah Rees Brennan
A small girl became increasingly paralysed by her parents' frequently violent rows. Sometimes she would spend hours standing completely still in the toilet, simply because… — Sarah Kane
Even though I'm seventeen, I guess I still thought this would always be true - that there would always be that lost-and-found, and not the… — David Levithan
For what is a person without memories? A ghost, trapped between worlds, without an identity, with no future, no past. — Tan Twan Eng

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