Quotes About Escaping Novels & Stories

dagdag ko pa kahit na alam kong hindi iyon palaging totoo. Escaping is both a sign of weakness and strength. Weak for choosing to escape the battle we can not possibility win over, and strong for choosing to escape though we can possibly conquer it. Escaping is either a good or a bad thing, depends on a certain person's situation. In my case, I'm in the midst of finding out the real meaning of this escape. Yes, I escaped . . . and still escaping.

"I can make impossible possible." "How did you escape? Wala kang lalabasan palabas do'n." I said habang pinupunasan ang mga luhang panay pa rin ang pagpatak sa mga mata ko. "If I can't go out then I'll go further. If I can go out, I can go to the underground." Then he wink at me. D*mn, bakit ba hindi ko naisip na pupwedeng pumunta siya sa ilalim ng lupa?

Baka pa ito na mismo ang magtaboy sa kanya palayo. She decided to move faraway. Hindi na sapat ang layo niya so she thought she’ll find a place na hindi sakop ng impluwensya nito. It was an exhausting journey for her and her growing child. Marami rin siyang lugar na tinigilan but everything felt like there was someone after her. Hanggang sa makarating siya sa Ormoc at makilala si Rita, the woman who was a runaway like her, who chose to rebel against her family and choose her passion over anything else.

“Kung patuloy mo lang sasaktan ang sarili mo, then better let go, Lessi.” How can I escape from the prison I personally made? Hindi na ata ako makakawala pa. The photoshoot was done well. I’m a professional actress at ginawa ko lang ang kailangan para hindi maapektuhan ang career ko. This is all I have and I don’t let anyone destroy this.

[If You Leave, Run] “Freedom isn’t just escape… sometimes, it’s the most dangerous choice you can make.” I didn’t plan to run. That was the first lie I told myself. Because the moment Adrian said it— Run. Something inside me didn’t reject it. It recognized it. The envelope was waiting on my bed. No note. No explanation. Just a thin, cream-colored envelope placed perfectly at the center of the silk sheets— like it belonged there. Like someone wanted me to find it.

Hindi lang iyon, napaka wild nito sa kama. “Gusto niyo bang gumawa ako ng paraan sir para magkita kayo?” tanong nitong muli sa kaniya ngunit umiling lang siya. “Magsasabi na lang ako sayo.” sabi niya at pagkatapos ay pinaikot ang kanyang swivel chair at tumanaw sa labas ng floor to ceiling window na salamin. Nagbuga siya ng usok. Hindi niya kailangan ng distraction sa ngayon dahil kailangan niyang mag-focus sa ginagawa niya. Kailangan niyang mapabagsak ang taong iyon dahil kung hindi ay hindi siya matatahimik.

Pero lumabas pa rin ang salita ko, kahit hindi kumpleto. “May… may nangyari kasi. Nakakatakot. Tapos may isang bata na… na iniwan ko. Kahit ayokong umalis.” Hindi siya nagtanong. Hindi siya nag-usisa.. “Sometimes,” sabi niya, “running away is also brave.” Napayuko ako. “Hindi ko alam kung brave… o selfish.” “Or maybe,” sagot niya, “both.” Nagkibit siya ng balikat. “Nabasa ko lang sa mga quote.”

‘Yung slow smile na alam mong may kalokohan sa likod. “That,” ani Kikay, tumuturo sa card, “is your escape hatch.” Kumunot ang noo ni Bernard. “Escape saan?” “From heartbreak, to stress, to overthinking, from your stupid ex…” Sunod-sunod na litanya ni Kikay habang naglalakad sa tapat niya ng pabalikbalik na para bang nasa runway ito. “Think of it as… therapy na hindi boring. Therapy na mas masarap. Mas exciting. Mas… liberating.”

Saka itinupi ang manggas hanggang siko. "Five years has passed and I tried to forget everything. But I was not. Hanggang ngayon andito pa din sila. Sa puso ko. Sa buong pagkatao ko" usal ni Ely habang tinitingnan ang wallpaper. Litrato iyon ng kanyang mag ina. "Pangako, babawiin ko kayo. You will never escape to me again Cory! Hinding hindi na!" dagdag na pangako ni Ely.

"Pero may kundisyon ako." "Hindi ko gagawin iyan. Makakalabas ako dito sa matinong paraan," mabilis kong sagot. I have no plans of escaping this cell. That would only mean that I'm worst than all of these criminals. Alam kong mahirap pero ipinagpasa Diyos ko na ang lahat. I knew God had the best purpose for everything. Alam kong pagsubok lang Niya sa'min 'to ni Enna. And a wrong can never be justified by another wrong, it would only make things worst.