“ A man on the run finds compassion or loveor even pretended innocence his greatest source of danger. Bryce Courtenay
“ When twilight sleeps holding the nightIn your arms you embrace me tightRunaway hours clenched by kisses More of your love my heart misses Munia Khan
“ I wish I could run away, Rudger told Jersey as they both rushed in and out of various patients’ rooms, darting around like little ants. I can’t leave and be on my own though, not right now, anyway.Why… Rebecca McNutt
“ How could I known then that failure then that failure of ambition is like a long lingering death and that disappoint with your life never goes away? It only grows stronger with the passage of time as… Peter May
“ Sister, why do you do that?Do what?Cage the animals at night?Well... She looked up and out through the barred window before answering me.We don't want to, Jennings, but we have to. You see, the animal… Jennings Michael Burch
“ People run away from the love game because they know they won't win the race. Michael Bassey Johnson
“ Some folks call her a runaway. A failure in the race. But she knows where her ticket takes her. She will find her place in the sun Tracy Chapman
“ What a world it is, Cora thought, that makes a living prison into your only haven. Was she out of bondage or in its web: how to describe the status of a runaway? Colson Whitehead
“ No matter how far you travel, you can never get away from yourself. It’s like your shadow. It follows you everywhere. -Komura Haruki Murakami
“ Running my fastest not from my past. Running from those who have hurt me in it. And, they can't catch me anymore. I escaped from the land of make believe. Jill Telford
“ I have to find a place to hideAn island in the seaSurrounded by a racing tideWhere I can live with me Laurie Matthew