Escape Road

Famous quotes containing the words escape and/or road:

    What does this mean? The individual,
    Nature, mutation, strife?
    I fell, though I am simple, still the whole
    Is complex; and that life,
    A huge, doomed throbbing—has a wiry soul
    That must escape the knife.
    Roy Fuller (b. 1912)

    A route differs from a road not only because it is solely intended for vehicles, but also because it is merely a line that connects one point with another. A route has no meaning in itself; its meaning derives entirely from the two points that it connects. A road is a tribute to space. Every stretch of road has meaning in itself and invites us to stop. A route is the triumphant devaluation of space, which thanks to it has been reduced to a mere obstacle to human movement and a waste of time.
    Milan Kundera (b. 1929)