Quotes About Escape

Behavior that had in the past been acceptable—being in contact with your family, being on the internet when you weren't supposed to—was suddenly grounds for intense suspicion. Not fighting was not an option. Not fighting other Syrian rebel groups, composed of Sunni Muslims, was not an option. Being a private citizen who stayed at home was not an option. The only option left to her looked to be escape.

Reality has become so intolerable, she said, so bleak, that all I can paint now are the colors of my dreams.

Every fairy tale offers the potential to surpass present limits, so in a sense the fairy tale offers you freedoms that reality denies.

It's always the same when I feel the autumn coming. I want to be up and away somewhere, over the hills and far away.

I wish him luck,' said Robin, voicing his thoughts, 'and may he live in the Chase for years and years and never be caught.

Are we ever getting out of these mountains?" she asked without turning to look at him. He moved up behind her and put his arms around her. She leaned back against him. Her hair glistened with melting snow. She felt small in his arms. "We're going to get out of here," he whispered as he slowly turned her to face him. "Do you trust me?" She raised her head to meet his eyes and held his gaze for a long moment. "With my life.

Laramie had smiled at Dana. "You just can't stand one of your cousins making a clean getaway.

Many intellectually developed people are still emotionally immature. If they have to face pains, they try to escape from them. They are seldom prepared to face that pain and to work through it when they are taken intensely into a posture. This practice brings them face to face with the reality of their bodies' natures. We must face up to our emotions, not run away from them. We do not do yoga just for enjoyment; we do it for ultimate emancipation.

To do nothing is an action too, with inevitable consequences, and so that is not a way to escape pain and suffering either.

Escapist literature gets a bad rap. But I think escape is important for a lot of people in a lot of places.

Rap was my drug.

Fugitive slaves were rare then, and as a fugitive slave lecturer, I had the advantage of being the first one out.

Every time I'm ever in L.A., if I have anytime off - which is rare - I'll go straight to the basketball court and play. That's a way for me to escape and get my mind off everything. I'm so competitive, so if I'm playing basketball, all I'm thinking about is winning.

I rarely go into a shop on holiday, because fashion and design are what I'm involved in every day. I need another world.

I think I got off on the wrong planet. Beam me up Scotty, there's no rational life here.

We were driven off like rats in five minutes.

The Sanctuary at Two Rivers offers a much needed escape or retreat from the fast paced, modern lifestyle we have all become accustomed to, with its exquisite beauty, serenity, and raw nature. Costa Rica was the perfect place for developing such an important project.

Some kids went to the movies for escape. We found it with jazz. This is where we got religion. It was a kind of raw spiritual anarchy.

Boy, we'll get Raymond out and we won't go hungry anymore.

I read all the time. I love it. My fantasy would be to be locked into a library. I'd be very, very happy.

I read the newspaper avidly. It is my one form of continuous fiction.

I read a lot of heavy literature when I'm on set, so on holiday I want to indulge in something light-hearted.

I have read the 'Divergent' series. I obviously read 'Harry Potter.'

Every kid I meet who's a reader has got something like that, their fantasy world. And science fiction is the best, especially for girls because it's the one place where you can do the forbidden.