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)

“If you’re born in America with a black skin, you’re born in prison, and the masses of black people in America today are beginning to regard our plight or predicament in this society as one of a prison inmate.”
—Malcolm X (1925–1965)

“Fourteen-year-old, why must you giggle and dote,
Fourteen-year-old, why are you such a goat?
I’m fourteen years old, that is the reason,
I giggle and dote in season.”
—Stevie Smith (1902–1971)