Escapism Quotes

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Hope is one of the Theological virtues. This means that a continual looking forward to the eternal world is not (as some modern people think)… — C.S. Lewis
Each book was a world unto itself, and in it I took refuge. — Alberto Manguel
Paradise was always over there, a dayâ€™s sail away. But itâ€™s a funny thing, escapism. You can go far and wide and you can keep… — J. Maarten Troost
Man staggers through life yapped at by his reason, pulled and shoved by his appetites, whispered to by fears, beckoned by hopes. Small wonder that… — Eric Hoffer
What was a slap for ten pages of escapism, ten pages far from everything that made him unhappy, ten pages of real life instead of… — Cornelia Funke
The young man shivered. He rolled the stock themes of fantasy over in his mind: cars and stockbrokers and commuters, housewives and police, agony columns… — Neil Gaiman
There's no real objection to escapism, in the right places... We all want to escape occasionally. But science fiction is often very far from escapism,… — Arthur C. Clarke
Fantasy is escapism, but wait... Why is this wrong? What are you escaping from, and where are you escaping to? Is the story opening windows… — Terry Pratchett
People love escapism and there should be a place for it. — Tom Hiddleston
People talk about escapism as if it's a bad thing... Once you've escaped, once you come back, the world is not the same as when… — Neil Gaiman
Music can be a source of escapism. — Danielle de Niese
I think what makes Narnia a magical place is that it offers escapism - escapism from a world that is so different from the reality… — Will Poulter
I was a big fan of John Cassavetes, his wife, Gena Rowlands, and that era of filmmaking which was about realism and which represented the… — Carmen Ejogo
I grew up very much in a sporting background. I always wanted to be an actor, but my escapism always came in sports. — Bradley James
As a form of escapism, yearning for the 20th century is understandable, but in practice it would be horrible - sort of like going on… — Douglas Coupland
It strikes me that people want to be engaged, and that those who go into a bookstore in a time of crisis are much more… — Michael Korda
The narrative of so many fairy tales are timeless in so many different cultures, and they have been since the dawn of man. They represent… — Lily Cole
I just enjoyed telling stories. I enjoyed watching films and reading and becoming someone else. I spent a lot of time on my own when… — Tuppence Middleton
The fact that the public are mesmerised by Britney Spears, Lindsay Lohan and all these miserable people makes me laugh because those celebrities are more… — Corey Taylor
The whole idea of escapism really resonates with a lot of kids. — Robbie Kay

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