Quote by John Steinbeck

Man is the only kind of varmint sets his own trap, baits it, then steps in it.

— John Steinbeck

“But that’s the way prophecies work. You try to avoid the trap, and in doing so you end up building the trap yourself and…

— Rick Riordan

“I hesitated, because this question sounded like a trap. A woman trap. The most perilous of all traps.”

— Penny Reid

“A trap, like a good story, needs to hint at greater things without revealing them until the prey is snared.”

— E.J. Patten

“A good trap, like a good story, has to arise naturally from the environment. It has to be seamless. If the prey suspects what’s…

— E.J. Patten

“The way out of a trap is to study the trap itself, learn how it is built.”

— Henepola Gunaratana

“You suspect a trap?”

— Kristen Britain

“Man is the only predator who hunts his own.”

— Kenneth Eade

“But it is difficult to tell whether something is an oppurtunity or a trap when you are put on the spot.”

— Olivia Sudjic

“Unconsciously, I had prepared the perfect trap in which to catch and hold my soul.”

— Dirk Benedict

“I had often tried to get out of your room, having travelled all the way there. It frightened me to be caught in a…

— Sarah Ferguson

“When you have nothing to say, one of your alternatives is to keep your trap shut.”

— John R. Erickson