Quote by Colson Whitehead

“being kidnapped was something of a secret wish of mine. At least then I’d know that I mattered to someone, that I was of…

— Ottessa Moshfegh

“Because I obviously didn’t want to get kidnapped. No one did, not really. But if I did ever get kidnapped, please Lord let it…

— Callie Harper

“They sucked it up and believed they were ready. They weren’t. What can I tell you about these young guys standing out on the…

— Jim Proser

“Some people just needed to be stolen from.”

— Eoin Colfer

“The best part about being kidnapped is being blindfolded and getting kicked into the trunk of a car. Boy, normally I have to beg…

— Jarod Kintz

“Those who see poverty looking for human slaves to capture, will tell you they saw him holding the handcuffs of laziness.”

— Israelmore Ayivor

“You're going to get us killed." "Well, since you got us kidnapped in the first place, I think it's only fair.”

— Samantha Young

“No wonder there are bandits in the Campo when there are none but thieves, swindlers, and sanguinary macaques to rule us...”

— Joseph Conrad

“We rode through the night. No food offered, no water provided. They raided town after town until we finally reached the shore. There, we…

— Margeaux Laurent

“Detention turned out to be code for slavery.”

— Jus Accardo

“The chubby white suburban teenagers impersonating cops were precisely the kind of men to whom we would have preferred not to unload this story.”

— Maggie Nelson

“They were there with their tongues cocked and loaded, the only real weapon left to weak folks. The only killing tool they are allowed…

— Zora Neale Hurston