“ But I reckon that this realm of higher needs, of something more than just forgetting about everyday life, of mere recreation, this realm of needs has been clearly neglected by us. Krzysztof Kieslowski
“ Leaving the rat race is easy. All you have to do is quit your job, sell your house, and go and live in a tent in the middle of nowhere. It’s staying out of the rat race that’s tricky. Fennel Hudson
“ Don’t judge me for escaping the stresses and cruelty of the world differently than you do. Dan Pearce
“ Bonnie saw ropes hanging loose, poles falling away, tree-tops sinking beneath her. As they rose, the sun rose with them. Its warmth turned the dark skin of the fiery balloon midnight blue. They flew s… Pauline Fisk
“ Now the city is at its loveliest. The crowds of summer and autumn have gone, the air has a new freshness, the light has that pale-gold quality unique to this time of year. There have been several week… Lucy Foley
“ I want to glide in a world of beauty,’ I said. ‘To be carried away into a world of luxurious things. James Lusarde
“ The doorbell rings and I sink into a heap on the carpet. With any luck, whoever is down there will just go away. But I’m just starting to think nothing goes away, no matter how deep you try to bury it… Laurie Elizabeth Flynn
“ Once I learned, I went online and ordered every romance novel I could find. They're fairy tales for grown-ups. Gena Showalter
“ Understand, it’s never been easy to live, when we’re trying to escape ourselves. Kelli Russell Agodon
“ Yes, life is hard,” whispers Erika, “but knowing about other people, other civilisations, other ways of living, other places – that’s your escape route, a magical journey. Once you know about these th… Eliza Granville
“ Religion is a non-alcoholic man's alcohol. Alcohol is a non-religious man's religion. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“ The beam of light flashed across her own face and she thought, Yes, me, Khady Demba, still happy to utter her name silently and to sense its apt harmony with the precise, satisfying image she had of h… Marie NDiaye
“ Rural and traditional escapism. That’s my angle. Places and events where we are free to relax and be ourselves, where nobody tells us to hurry along or conform or grow up. Somewhere we can properly li… Fennel Hudson
“ This, it would turn out, is the main thing we had in common: a susceptibility to the brassy escapism of myth. Steve Almond
“ The inartistic methods that we use to blunt anxiety and unartful expedients that we resort to in order to escape pain and numb banality reveals what we dread most, the act of suffering from a mortal l… Kilroy J. Oldster
“ I have spent so many nights out under the starsEuphoria running through my veins and alcohol coursing through my bloodMy mind would race along with my heartMy vision drawn to the stars and all the pos… Morris R. Gates
“ Everyone needs to escape sometimes, and retreating into somebody else's fantasy isn't nearly as satisfying as slipping into your own. Nenia Campbell
