Escape Quote by Ken Wheaton

“On the bus was an old lady from Boston, and when she learned what I was going to do, she was horrified and indignant…

— Jacob Clifford Moomaw

“The cars rushing below knew nothing. People in cars weren't New Yorkers anyway, they'd suffered some basic misunderstanding. The two boys on the walkway,…

— Jonathan Lethem

“I may have smiled to myself as I watched the familiar pattern of the town pass, the bus cruising through shade to sunshine. I'd…

— Emma Cline

“Slowly, even though I thought it would never happen, New York lost its charm for me. I remember arriving in the city for the…

— Mohsin Hamid

“For awhile, I was left with nothing on the physical plane. I had no relationships, no job, no home, no socially defined identity. I…

— Eckhart Tolle

“On his best walks, he was able to feel that he was nowhere. And this, finally, was all he ever asked of things: to…

— Paul Auster

“Lost in New York City. Not that I don't know where I am, but rather perplexed as to where I am going.”

— Christy Hall

“The bus had one too many people on it (the driver), so all of them had to die. The only thing that saved all…

— Jarod Kintz

“I woke up early and took the first train to take me away from the city. The noise and all its people. I was…

— Charlotte Eriksson

“I also had a dim idea that if I walked the streets of New York by myself all night something of the city's mystery…

— Sylvia Plath

“had never traveled alone before and I discovered that I liked it. No one in the world knew where I was, no one had…

— Jhumpa Lahiri

“The years rolled slowly by and I found myself alone, surrounded by strangers I thought were my friends, found myslef further and further from…

— Anonymous