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)

    “Thus I alone, where all my freedom grew,
    In prison pine with bondage and restraint;
    And with remembrance of the greater grief
    To banish the less, I find my chief relief.”
    —Henry Howard, Earl Of Surrey (1517?–1547)

    “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)