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Tennessee Williams
“All pretty girls are a trap, a pretty trap, and men expect them to be.” Tennessee Williams, The Glass Menagerie
Frederick Douglass
“The last and most successful one was that of tarring his fence all around; after which, if a slave was caught with any tar upon his person, it was deemed sufficient proof that he had either been into the garden, or had tried to get in.” Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
Charles Dickens
“They seemed so like the rats he had seen outside.” Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist
Bram Stoker
“Welcome to my house. Come freely. Go safely; and leave something of the happiness you bring!” Bram Stoker, Dracula
Bruce Lee
“Do not deny the classical approach simply as a reaction, for you will have created another pattern and trapped yourself there.” Bruce Lee, Tao of Jeet Kune Do
John Steinbeck
“Failure is a state of mind. It’s like one of those sand traps an ant lion digs. You keep sliding back. Takes one hell of a jump to get out of it.” John Steinbeck, The Winter of Our Discontent
George R. R. Martin
“Men live their lives trapped in an eternal present, between the mists of memory and the sea of shadow that is all we know of the days to come.” George R. R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons
David Foster Wallace
“The person in whom its invisible agony reaches a certain unendurable level will kill herself the same way a trapped person will eventually jump from the window of a burning high-rise.” David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest

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