--- title: "12 Books Escape Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 12 Books Escape quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Books Escape sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/941/barbara-kingsolver-200_book_people-read-books-to-escape-the-uncertai_1403934.png" --- > [People read books to escape the uncertainties of life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/people-read-books-to-escape-the-uncertainties-of-life/) [Barbara Kingsolver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-kingsolver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/941/barbara-kingsolver-200_book_people-read-books-to-escape-the-uncertai_1403934.png) > [“People talk about books being an escape...this one feels more like a lifeline.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-e-smith/people-talk-about-books-being-an-escape-this-one-feels-more-like-a/) [Jennifer E. Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-e-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21d/jennifer-e-smith-1454_books_people-talk-about-books-being-an-escape_802608.jpg) > [When I read books it's to escape. It's so I don't have to talk to people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-colbert/when-i-read-books-it-s-to-escape-it-s-so-i-don-t-have-to-talk-to/) [Stephen Colbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-colbert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/83f/stephen-colbert-503_book_when-i-read-books-it-s-to-escape-it-s-so_2089436.png) > [“Even before I learned what I was, books were my escape from the world. This place . . . bookstores, libraries . . . they’re the closest thing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-c-hines/even-before-i-learned-what-i-was-books-were-my-escape-from-the-world/) [Jim C. Hines](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-c-hines/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7cc/jim-c-hines-9962_books_even-before-i-learned-what-i-was-books-w_2523956.jpg) > [“I wanna know something,” Lexi said. “In mystery books, clues come flying out of nowhere in every single chapter. Why is ours…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vila-gingerich/i-wanna-know-something-lexi-said-in-mystery-books-clues-come-flying/) [Vila Gingerich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vila-gingerich/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/828/vila-gingerich-188064_book_i-wanna-know-something-lexi-said-in-myst_1173966.jpg) > [“People talk about books being an escape, but here on the tube, this one feels more like a lifeline...The motion of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-e-smith/people-talk-about-books-being-an-escape-but-here-on-the-tube-this-one/) [Jennifer E. Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-e-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/87d/jennifer-e-smith-1454_books_people-talk-about-books-being-an-escape_390395.jpg) > [“I do not believe the fable that men read travel books to escape from reality: they read to escape into it, from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-comfort/i-do-not-believe-the-fable-that-men-read-travel-books-to-escape-from/) [Alex Comfort](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-comfort/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b4/alex-comfort-32749_books_i-do-not-believe-the-fable-that-men-read_2386188.png) > [“It is not uncommon in the modern world for people to retreat into the world of books to escape from the realities…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-rifkin/it-is-not-uncommon-in-the-modern-world-for-people-to-retreat-into-the/) [Jeremy Rifkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-rifkin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d77/jeremy-rifkin-6615_books_it-is-not-uncommon-in-the-modern-world-f_69030.jpg) > [“Cyril Connolly, twentieth-century writer and critic, wrote that ‘words are alive and literature becomes an escape, not from, but into living.’ That…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-sankovitch/cyril-connolly-twentieth-century-writer-and-critic-wrote-that-words/) [Nina Sankovitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-sankovitch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15a/nina-sankovitch-27093_books_cyril-connolly-twentieth-century-writer_2801430.jpg) > [“People talk about books being an escape, but here on the tube, this one feels more like a lifeline. As she leafs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-e-smith/people-talk-about-books-being-an-escape-but-here-on-the-tube-this-one-2/) [Jennifer E. Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-e-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b18/jennifer-e-smith-1454_books_people-talk-about-books-being-an-escape_3142021.jpg) > [“Books. The more I thought about how to stop and get myself back together as one sane, whole person, the more I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-sankovitch/books-the-more-i-thought-about-how-to-stop-and-get-myself-back/) [Nina Sankovitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-sankovitch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ade/nina-sankovitch-27093_book_books-the-more-i-thought-about-how-to-st_908243.jpg) > [“Books have always been my escape - where I go to bury my nose, hone my senses, or play the emotional tourist…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodie-foster/books-have-always-been-my-escape-where-i-go-to-bury-my-nose-hone-my/) [Jodie Foster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodie-foster/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e7d/jodie-foster-2055_book_books-have-always-been-my-escape-where-i_2667539.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books-escape/#itemlist", "name": "Books Escape Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "People read books to escape the uncertainties of life.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Barbara Kingsolver" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/people-read-books-to-escape-the-uncertainties-of-life/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/941/barbara-kingsolver-200_book_people-read-books-to-escape-the-uncertai_1403934.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/941/barbara-kingsolver-200_book_people-read-books-to-escape-the-uncertai_1403934.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/941/barbara-kingsolver-200_book_people-read-books-to-escape-the-uncertai_1403934.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“People read books to escape the uncertainties of life.” — Barbara Kingsolver", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“People talk about books being an escape...this one feels more like a lifeline.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jennifer E. 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I wanted to engulf myself in books and come up whole again. p.20”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Nina Sankovitch" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-sankovitch/cyril-connolly-twentieth-century-writer-and-critic-wrote-that-words/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15a/nina-sankovitch-27093_books_cyril-connolly-twentieth-century-writer_2801430.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15a/nina-sankovitch-27093_books_cyril-connolly-twentieth-century-writer_2801430.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15a/nina-sankovitch-27093_books_cyril-connolly-twentieth-century-writer_2801430.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Cyril Connolly, twentieth-century writer and critic, wrote that ‘words are alive and literature becomes an…” — Nina Sankovitch", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“People talk about books being an escape, but here on the tube, this one feels more like a lifeline. As she leafs through the pages, the rest of it fades away: the flurry of elbows and purses, the woman in a tunic biting her fingernails, the two teenagers with blaring headphones, even the man playing the violin at the other end of the car, its reedy tune working its way through the crowd. The motion of the train makes her head rattle, but her eyes lock on the words the way a figure skater might choose a focal point as she spins, and just like that, she’s grounded again.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jennifer E. 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