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Quotes About Captivity

I sang in my chains like the sea
~ Dylan Thomas
The spell was simple and I'd said half of it before she even figured out that it was a spell. Since you like bubbles so, In a bubble you must go. In that bubble you will stay Till your bubbles go away. Sound can't pass from inside out Even if you scream or shout. If you want to be set free, End your spell, that's the key
~ E.D. Baker
Cyrus became lord of that great realm. His first act was to free all the peoples held in captivity by the Babylonians. Among them were the Jews, who went home to Jerusalem
~ E.H. Gombrich
Bir kere teslim olursam ihtiyarlay?p ölürüm. Biri bana sar?l?rsa ayakta duramam. Çünkü… Çünkü kalbim ablukada kal?r o vakit. Dü?mana teslim olmak daha kolay. Onurun k?r?l?r en fazla, ama beni seven birine teslim olursam… Esir dü?erim.
~ Ece Temelkuran
The world is a zoo
~ Edward Albee
Prisoners of hope.
~ Anonymous
He was a king and a god in the world he knew, but now he comes to civilization merely a captive—a show to gratify your curiosity. Ladies and gentlemen, look at Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World!
~ Anonymous
Awake, awake, Deborah: awake, awake, utter a song: arise, Barak, and lead thy captivity captive.
~ Anonymous
It reminds me of the Irish prisoner who dug a tunnel under the prison wall and managed to escape. He comes out right in the middle of a school playground where little children are playing. Of course, when he emerges from the tunnel he can't restrain himself anymore and begins to jump up and down, crying, "I'm free, I'm free, I'm free! A little girl there looks at him scornfully and says, "That's nothing. I'm four.
~ Anthony de Mello
He once said to me that it was like being in one of those Russian prisons where they lock you up without telling you the length of your sentence.
~ Anthony Horowitz
Our bodies are held captive, but our pursuit of freedom cannot be contained.
~ Joshua Wong
Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains.
~ Jean-Jacques Rousseau
At first, I didn't want to accept that I had been abducted. I kept thinking, 'Next week, I'll be freed.'
~ Ingrid Betancourt
Te he raptado, hermosa princesa. Eres mía, estás en mis manos. Durante algún tiempo, me ocuparé de prodigarte tanto placer que te olvidarás de todo. Gemirás entre mis brazos hasta la inconsciencia.
~ Florencia Bonelli
She had to strive to make every thought obedient to the love of Christ whatever violent feelings churned within her. She had to take her every thought captive to the obedience of Christ and leave no room for anger and jealousy and thoughts of revenge.
~ Francine Rivers
They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity of the sand.
~ Frank Herbert
The moment He set me free is the moment He captured me.
~ Frank Viola
I'm a cage, in search of a bird.
~ Franz Kafka
It's often better to be in chains than to be free.
~ Franz Kafka
It is often safer to be in chains than to be free.
~ Franz Kafka
it's often better to be in chains than to be free.
~ Franz Kafka
Federal legislation is urgently needed to stop this insanity of wild animals in captivity.
~ Tippi Hedren
There is no excuse for keeping wild animals in amusement parks or circuses. Until our governments take action, we should avoid supporting places where captive wild animals perform for our amusement. If the public will not pay to see them, the businesses that profit from keeping animals captive will not be able to continue.
~ Peter Singer
To say 'A High Wind in Jamaica' is a novel about children who are abducted by pirates is to make it seem like a children's book. But that's completely wrong; its theme is actually how heartless children are.
~ Andrew Sean Greer