“I was in the book, and the book was in my head, and as long as I stayed inside my head, I… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
“These stories were very old, as old as people, and they had survived because they were very powerful indeed. They were the… — John Connolly Copy Share Image
“I do not believe the fable that men read travel books to escape from reality: they read to escape into it, from… — Alex Comfort Copy Share Image
“I mean, most people want to escape. Get out of their heads. Out of their lives. Stories are the easiest way to… — Victoria Schwab Copy Share Image
“All I could do was escape from reality, but every time I tried to escape from the pain, that same pain told… — Hitomi Kanehara Copy Share Image
“Bunnu was no amateur when it came to escape. And even in his drowsiest moments, he understood implicitly that to forget his… — Ashim Shanker Copy Share Image
Fairy tales were not my escape from reality as a child; rather, they were my reality -- for mine was a world… — Terri Windling Copy Share Image
Albania was a very isolated country, politically, economically, and culturally. Our only connection to the world was through a radio program called… — Luljeta Lleshanaku Copy Share Image
Movies, more than anything I can think of, are a great escape from reality. My reality, in particular, needs escaping. — Cazzie David Copy Share Image
My anger made me drink as an escape from reality, a way of forgetting. But you don't know when the medicinal effect… — Mercedes McCambridge Copy Share Image
“Books had always been a comfort to me, an escape from reality when reality got to be too real.” — Julie Fisher Copy Share Image
The mind is a great philosopher. And life is not a philosophy, life is a reality. And philosophy is an escape from… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Reading is a sage way to bump up against life. Reading may be an escape, but it is not an escape from… — Gladys Hunt Copy Share Image
As the tears falls slowly down her face.. she closes her eyes and let her dreams take her to a magical place.. — Nabilah Aabou Hamze Copy Share Image
I tremble because of the sufferings of those persecuted in different lands. I tremble thinking about the eternal destiny of their torturers.… — Richard Wurmbrand Copy Share Image
“What's so good about giving up? Is it better to escape from reality, to the point where you're throwing away your hope?” — Hajime Isayama Copy Share Image
“He felt as if he had left a stage behind and many actors. He felt as if he had left the great… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“Having lost his mother, father, brother, an grandfather, the friends and foes of his youth, his beloved teacher Bernard Kornblum, his city,… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
For the rational, psychologically healthy man, the desire for pleasure is the desire to celebrate his control over reality. For the neurotic,… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
“I spent most of my free time reading. It was a great escape from reality” — Teresa Mummert Copy Share Image
Dreams are the only place you can escape to, to get a chance to leave a place behind that you may not… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Writing a novel is a terrible experience, during which the hair often falls out and the teeth decay. I'm always irritated by… — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
