„You have to get away from them. You have to get as far away as you can otherwise they'll kill you with their lives. They don't know what they do. They are careless with themselves and they take too much for granted. They make their shortcomings your problem. The only way to keep your head above it and heal your wounds is to crawl away.“

„If you get far enough away you'll be on your way back home.“

—  Tom Waits American singer-songwriter and actor 1949

"Blind Love", Rain Dogs (1985).

„Sometimes you know in your heart you love someone, but you have to go away before your head can figure it out.“

—  Sharon Creech, Walk Two Moons

Zdroj: Walk Two Moons

„Shyness is when you turn your head away from something you want. Shame is when you turn your head away from something you do not want.“

—  Jonathan Safran Foer, kniha Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

"My Feelings" (p. 179)
Zdroj: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2005)

„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 Japanese author, novelist 1949

Zdroj: After the Quake

„Don't make me have to chase after you again, because there's no way in hell you can get away from me, lady.“

—  Johanna Lindsey American writer 1952 - 2019

Zdroj: A Heart So Wild

„Some people are afraid of what they might find if they try to analyze themselves too much. But you have to crawl into your wounds to discover where your fears are. Once the bleeding starts, the cleansing can begin.“

—  Tori Amos American singer 1963

„Take bread away from me, if you wish,
take air away, but
do not take from me your laughter.“

—  Pablo Neruda Chilean poet 1904 - 1973

„During your typical working day how often do you stop and take a break, step away from your desk to recharge? Too few breaks can kill your productivity.“

—  Nigel Cumberland British author and leadership coach 1967

Your Job-Hunt Ltd – Advice from an Award-Winning Asian Headhunter (2003), Successful Recruitment in a Week (2012) https://books.google.ae/books?idp24GkAsgjGEC&printsecfrontcover&dqnigel+cumberland&hlen&saX&ved0ahUKEwjF75Xw0IHNAhULLcAKHazACBMQ6AEIGjAA#vonepage&qnigel%20cumberland&ffalse, 100 Things Successful People Do: Little Exercises for Successful Living (2016) https://books.google.ae/books?idnu0lCwAAQBAJ&dqnigel+cumberland&hlen&saX&ved0ahUKEwjF75Xw0IHNAhULLcAKHazACBMQ6AEIMjAE

„You can love ‘em till your well runs dry, Belford, but you can never love ‘em enough, and you know it. No matter how much others might love you, you can’t love yourself unless you’re in charge of your own actions, and you’ll never take charge as long as you can get away with blaming your shortcomings and misfortunes on your family or society or your race or gender or Satan or whatever…“

—  Tom Robbins, Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas

Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas (1994)

„No matter what you do in your life, don’t you ever let anybody take your creative people away from you.“

—  Lady Gaga American singer, songwriter, and actress 1986

Kontext: Grace Jones said this to me when I met her. I washed her feet, and I looked up at her and she said, "No matter what you do in your life, don’t you ever let anybody take your creative people away from you." And what my creative friends always remind me of is they say, "Only value the opinion of those that you respect. And anyone that you don’t respect, pay no mind to their opinion about you or anything else." And that’s how I live my life. If I worried about everything that everyone said, I would not be a good artist.

„You take my hand,
I'll take your hand
Together we may get away
This much madness is too much sorrow
It's impossible to make it today.“

—  Neil Young Canadian singer-songwriter 1945

Down by the River
Song lyrics, Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (1969)

„You have to ration your opponents' victories. You have to mete them out, slowly and meanly. You have to make your opponents subliminally grateful for every little bit of compliance. That way you get away with giving up ten small losses a day, rather than ten big ones.“

—  Lee Child, kniha Gone Tomorrow

Zdroj: Gone Tomorrow (2009), Ch. 43.

„What's the point of living if you're going to hate the world? Guard your heart if you have to, but don't shut it away.“

—  Neal Shusterman American novelist 1962

Zdroj: Bruiser

„I'd love to get you on a slow boat to China,
All to myself, alone.
Get you and keep you in my arms evermore,
Leave all your lovers weeping on the far away shore.“

—  Frank Loesser American songwriter 1910 - 1969

Song On a Slow Boat to China.

„You don't know what you can get away with until you try.“

—  Colin Powell Former U.S. Secretary of State and retired four-star general 1937

„You're killing yourself with cynicism. Your idols got taken away from you one by one and now you have nothing to give your love to.“

—  Philip K. Dick, kniha The Man in the High Castle

The Man in the High Castle (1962)

„If you don't make your dreams a reality, reality will take away your dreams. “

—  Эрик Пио

„Yesterday you were an only child
Now your ghosts have gone away.
You can kill them in the classic style.
Now you, "parlez vous francais"
Don't look for answers
You took your chances
Don't ask my why.“

—  Billy Joel American singer-songwriter and pianist 1949

Don't Ask Me Why.
Song lyrics, Glass Houses (1980)

„It is your false self that keeps you away from your true Self by every trick it knows.“

—  Meher Baba Indian mystic 1894 - 1969

7 Absolute Honesty, p. 8.
The Everything and the Nothing (1963)
Kontext: Absolute honesty is essential in one's search for God (Truth). The subtleties of the Path are finer than a hair. The least hypocrisy becomes a wave that washes one off the Path.
It is your false self that keeps you away from your true Self by every trick it knows. In the guise of honesty this self even deceives itself. For instance your self claims, I love Baba. The fact is, if you really loved Baba you would not be your false self making the self-asserting statement!