I used to love lulling, running water – a sound so infrequent in cityscapes. Its loss always made me feel lonely when I lived amongst concrete.
Life, Dreams, Relationships
Truth starts with a sense.
A thick rivulet of lost blood reflects a city that will mourn but never die.
Dwelling on the loneliness inherent in a city such as this when you dream of endless mountains and expanses of blue sky is a recipe for torment.
Pain is usually all on the surface, but this terror is internal; not just a hurt, but a new language of feeling.
It is impossible to escape the impression that people commonly use false standards of measurement - that they seek power, success and wealth for themselves and admire them in others, and that they underestimate what is of true value in life.
Power, Success, Wealth
God doesn’t promise us escape from suffering or pain. Rather, He promises to miraculously use even bad situations for your ultimate good.
Faith, Pain, God
You cannot escape God's call on your life. He will pursue you to the ends of the earth!
Life, Love, Faith
Books don't offer real escape, but they can stop a mind scratching itself raw.
Books, Reading
I spent the rest of the day in someone else's story. The rare moments that I put the book down, my own pain returned in burning stabs.
Books, Reading, Loneliness
Mother used to say escape is never further than the nearest book.
Books
Betsy returned to her chair, took off her coat and hat, opened her book and forgot the world again.
Imagination, Books, Reading
Meredith immersed herself in the novels. For some reason, fiction hit on the meaning of life so much more concisely than real life itself did.
Books, Reading, Self Awareness
Even prisoners can escape if they have books.
Often, when I am able to check out a book, I read it a dozen times before returning it, desperate to remain lost in the magic of someone else's story.
Books, Reading, Magic
moments will test you.you can not run away.time is faster than you.before you can do something situation already took your test.there is no escape route.so face moment and its results.
Time, Life Lessons, Moment
How can I escape a cage build by time.
Time, Cage, Build
Sometimes we hold on to the good and the better for a very long time that we don't even know when we allowed the best to slip away from our hands.
Life, Love, Peace
This song Emily by Joanna Newsom attaches my body to my soul which sails out and around me desperately trying to escape all the time. I still don't understand it's original meaning.
Soul, Time, Trying
Time in dreams is frozen. You can never get away from where you've been.
Dreams, Time