"My reality isn't as gracious as it use to be, so I create things that are."

Escape, Reality, Creation, Mind, Imagination

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"My reality isn't as gracious as it use to be, so I create things that are."

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"People go to the movies instead of moving."

Tennessee Williams, American Dramatist

Escape, Passivity, Critique, Society

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

John Fowles, English Novelist

Escape, Poetry, Despair, Contradiction

"We got there without being spotted. I pulled her in, then shut the door, pressing my back to it and exhaling like an epileptic pilot who'd just landed a cargo plane full of dynamite."

Brandon Sanderson, American Author

Escape, Secrecy, Fear, Conflict

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

Bob Dylan, American Musician

Escape, Confusion, Dialogue, Irony

"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

Escape, Books, Imagination, Longing

"The only recourse for an escape artist from world affairs is to explore their inner sanctum where hopes, dreams, insecurities, and despair collide."

Kilroy J. Oldster, American Author

Escape, World, Soul, Dream

"If this was my forever, I didn't want to spend another second of it here."

Sarah Dessen, American Author

Escape, Freedom, Desire, Change

"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

"If I could only escape, if I could only escape... he murmured the words to himself a dozen times; then metaphorically shook himself for being so impractical, so romantic, so dutiless."

John Fowles, English Novelist

Escape, Longing, Freedom, Conflict

"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

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"My heart broke and my mind opened, tragedy works in a funny way like that ~ what once tore me apart was actually what was setting my truth free."

Psychology, Truth, Tragedy, Healing, Emotion

"Be captivated by your hearts desire, not distracted by your minds fear."

Mindfulness, Desire, Fear, Heart, Mind

"He is the greatest mystery I had even known, one that always had me craving just a little bit more."

Mystery, Desire, Curiosity, Love

"She wasn't kind of lady that depended on a man and I think that's what made her so irrestible to them, any man she had loved she wanted ~ and the men that loved her back couldn't handle not being needed, so she showed them the door and grew her own wings as they walked out. Love to her isn't a maybe thing, nor is it attachment and any man whom thinks he will ever own her would be best not to try at all."

Independence, Love, Power, Freedom

"Self discovery is the most empowering time of your life, you remember who you are and you become the best version of yourself but what they forget to tell you is, to get to a point of pleasure you must face the pain."

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"Don't settle your wild, find a man who doesn't want to tame it."

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"Whatever you choose to do with your time on earth, do it passionately, follow the voice of your soul and don't focus some much on being interested in life, but being the interesting one full of life."

Life, Passion, Energy, Voice

"One day you will wake up, you will see with clear sight all that has held you back; you will feel lighter because you finally accept who you are. You will shine with flawless beauty because your happiness comes from the purity of your heart and one day I hope you realise all of this, before it's too late; because darling, if we spent our years nurturing the best of ourselves, heaven would be felt on earth."

Self, Acceptance, Happiness, Beauty

"Today, I don't want to ask for anythingI just want to give thanks for Everything I already have."

Gratitude, Life, Appreciation, Peace

"The chaos doesn't end, you kinda' just become the calm."

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