Broken hearts Quote by Alex Garland

“I biked over to my dad's flat and emotionally blackmailed him into lending me enough cash to leave the country. On that trip I…

— Alex Garland

Escape through travel works. Almost from the moment I boarded my flight, life in England became meaningless. Seat-belt signs lit up, problems switched off.…

— Alex Garland

“As he had once said to someone in England, though he did not care to remember whom, he had liked the sight of the…

— Mary Balogh

“By 1948 I was safe on my feet and able to get about quite normally, but I was thirty-four and life was slipping past…

— Nevil Shute

“But those were the times when frustration with social ills boiled over, and escaping to another country was a fantasy everyone entertained at least…

— Park Wansuh

“I have often plotted my great escape to the beach. To live seaside and to be able to stare possibility and tranquility in the…

— Erica Goros

“I’ve always wanted to go to England. I just never thought it would be after I was dead, on a quest, on a bright…

— Rick Riordan

“A lot of what travel teaches us is about letting go, taking the leap, jumping into the unknown, replacing your environment and all its…

— Jeff Johns

“Maybe the hardest thing about moving over seas was being in a place where no one but your own family had any memory of…

— Naomi Shibab Nye

By the time the plane was airborne I'd forgotten England even existed.

— Alex Garland

“The steward just asked me if I was not afraid to travel alone, and I said, "Why, it is life.”

— Emily Hahn

“You can’t just close your eyes and hope everything turns out all right. That’s a fine strategy for jumping out of an airplane, but…

— Mike Greenberg