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)

“... how I understand that love of living, of being in this wonderful, astounding world even if one can look at it only through the prison bars of illness and suffering! Plus je vois, the more I am thrilled by the spectacle.”
—Edith Wharton (1862–1937)

“It is accordance with our determination to refrain from aggression and build up a sentiment and practice among nations more favorable to peace ... that we have incurred the consent of fourteen important nations to the negotiation of a treaty condemning recourse to war, renouncing it as an instrument of national policy.”
—Calvin Coolidge (1872–1933)