Famous quotes containing the words escaped, prison and/or fourteen:
“...I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.”
—Bible: Hebrew, Job 19:20.
“Oh who is that young sinner with the handcuffs on his wrists?
And what has he been after that they groan and shake their fists?
And wherefore is he wearing such a conscience-stricken air?
Oh they’re taking him to prison for the colour of his hair.”
—A.E. (Alfred Edward)
“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)
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