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Quotes About Escape

I don't want realism. I want magic!
~ Tennessee Williams
My hatred of crowds, the obviousness of crowds, of anything en masse. Is this why I like little-known books? A general desire to escape the main world.
~ John Fowles
All teenagers have this desire to somehow run away.
~ Joan Chen
To lose yourself in a book is the desire of the bookworm. I mean to be taken. That is my desire.
~ Fran Lebowitz
For the forest takes away from you all excuse to die. There is nothing here to cabin or thwart your free desires. Here all impudences of the brawling world reach you no more.
~ Robert Louis Stevenson
The efforts which we make to escape from our destiny only serve to lead us into it
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
We sell our dreams and our potential to escape through that buzz.
~ Macklemore
Your dreams were the one place you could be physically safe.
~ Hannibal
Our dreams take us into other worlds, alternative realities that help us make sense of day-to-day realities.
~ Unknown
At least when I'm sleeping I can dream myself back to Alex, can dream myself into a different world.
~ Lauren Oliver, Pandemonium
Forest is a dream where you may find yourself and dream is a forest where you may lose yourself!
~ Mehmet Murat Ildan
If traveling was free, you'd never see me again.
~ Anonymous
When he comes for her, it's only in her dreams where she has no control, no way to shut the door, and nowhere to run. That's when she listens.
~ Donna Lynn Hope
You can find magic wherever you look. Sit back and relax, all you need is a book.
~ Dr. Seuss
Books are a uniquely portable magic.
~ Stephen King
Our principal writers have nearly all been fortunate in escaping regular education.
~ Hugh MacDiarmid
I like alleys. They are the backdoor to everything.
~ Brian Azzarello
I like to act because I can forget about everything else.
~ David Morrissey
Goa is always leisure for me; it's become my home away from home.
~ Amyra Dastur
You have to enjoy yourself when you go to the movies. People don't want to spend their hard earned money to simply go see a history lesson.
~ F. Gary Gray
The London Library in Piccadilly is the best place for a sleep.
~ Sophie Winkleman
With this crazy lifestyle, you have to think of places where you can still have your freedom.
~ Khloe Kardashian
Playing lifts you out of yourself into a delirious place.
~ Jacqueline du Pre
I was able to see the lights coming from China. If maybe I could go where the lights are I could find something to eat, that's why I escaped.
~ Park Yeon-mi