"I think it should be obvious by now that I'm not necessarily interested in reality."

Escape, Reality, Detachment, Imagination, Preference

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"I think it should be obvious by now that I'm not necessarily interested in reality."

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"Getting drunk was good. I decided that I would always like getting drunk. It took away the obvious and maybe. If you could get away from the obvious often enough, you wouldn't become obvious yourself."

Charles Bukowski, American Author

Escape, Alcohol, Life, Reality

"Don't judge me for escaping the stresses and cruelty of the world differently than you do."

Dan Pearce, American Author

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"Outside, across the putrid moat and under the dark mute trees, I would often lie and dream for hours about what I read in the books; and would longingly picture myself amidst gay crowds in the sunny world beyond the endless forests."

H. P. Lovecraft, American Novelist

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"There must be some kind of way out of here,' said the joker to the thief..."

Bob Dylan, American Musician

Escape, Confusion, Dialogue, Irony

"To be bowed by grief is folly; Naught is gained by melancholy; Better than the pain of thinking, Is to steep the sense in drinking."

Alcaeus, Greek Poet

Escape, Drinking, Folly, Grief, Melancholy

"Where else can we find happiness for a day other than from something that can offer momentary relief, something like the booze?"

Janvier Chouteu-Chando, Cameroonian Author

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"I recognized it instantly. It was a made-up story, a fantasy, the tale of four kids who went through a magic wardrobe and found themselves in a strange new world. I'd read it more times than I could remember, and although I sneered at the thought of a magical land with friendly, talking animals, there were times when I wished, in my most secret moments, that I could find a hidden door that would take us allout of this place."

Julie Kagawa, American Author

Escape, Fantasy, Hope, Imagination

"I knew that I had a facility with words and a power of facing unpleasant facts, and I felt that this created a sort of private world in which I could get my own back for my failure in everyday life."

George Orwell, British Author

Escape, Word, Truth, Reality

"To write poetry and to commit suicide, apparently so contradictory, had really been the same, attempts at escape."

John Fowles, English Novelist

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"No one loves us here, let's go to Mars."

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"Turns out rolling your eyes in a bar when 'Land Down Under' plays is like someone belching during the Star Spangled Banner in America."

Sensitivity, Culture, Identity, Offense, Humor

"I'm almost afraid to tell you. Let's put it this way: clean toilets are the least of your problems in this country."

Observation, Humor, Truth, Reality, Advice

"So, while we're sitting here on this luxury yacht enjoying our bread and water, why doesn't someone tell me the plan?"

Lifestyle, Luxury, Frustration, Planning, Observation

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Nature, Observation, Curiosity, Education

"How was I supposed to know 'lucked out' means 'I got screwed over' in Australian?"

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"I believe the phrase you're looking for is 'too much money and not enough things to spend it on."

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"Mouse likes to drag you to uninhabited areas with no cell signal-all those places perfect for dying of exposure."

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"Well, the gondola operator-whose name was 'Happy,' I might add-failed to inform me that about sixty seconds into the trip, the floor under the section of car I was standing on was going to slide away.Turns out it was a really useful way of finding out which of the passengers suffers from acute acrophobia."

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