Escaped Prison Fourteen

Famous quotes containing the words escaped, prison and/or fourteen:

    “an escaped note of
    almost unbearable
    satisfaction, a great
    bough or beam
    unaware it had
    spoken.”
    —Denise Levertov (b. 1923)

    “The martyr cannot be dishonored. Every lash inflicted is a tongue of fame; every prison a more illustrious abode.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “At fourteen I married My Lord you.”
    —Li Po (701–762)