There is no shame in strategic retreat if it lets you remain strong enough to go after the enemy later.

It seems to occur to few of the attendees [of a writing retreat] that if you have a feel you just can't describe, you might just be, I don't know, kind of like, my sense of it is, maybe in the wrong fucking class.

A lion will only retreat if you stare it in the eyes; likewise, so will fear.

If we seek solitary retreat, you will be more often refreshed.

To withdraw is not to run away, and to stay is no wise action, when there's more reason to fear than to hope.