"Life can be impossibly tough. At times it seems like there is no escape from either the pressure or monotony of a world where you are corralled into being something or someone you are not. But there is an escape, to more peaceful and gentler places, and a happier state of mind."

Escape, Pressure, Mental Health, Hope

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"Life can be impossibly tough. At times it seems like there is no escape from either the pressure or monotony of a world where you are corralled into being something or someone you are not. But there is an escape, to more peaceful and gentler places, and a happier state of mind."

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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

Escape, Stress, Self-Care, Freedom

"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

"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

Escape, Happiness, Emotion, Life

"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

Escape, Poetry, Despair, Contradiction

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

M.F. Moonzajer, Afghan Author

Escape, Loneliness, Hope, Future

"I'm going out for a bottle of champagne. We're going to get bombed."

Stephen King, American Author

Escape, Humor, Today, Happiness, Regret

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"Choice and perception are closely linked. They are unique, personal and emotional."

Philosophy, Choice, Perception, Emotion, Decision

"Life is a wonderfully fine thing. Go live it."

Life, Joy, Living, Positivity

"I admit to being prone to deep thinking, which " given that I'm emerging from dark times " can take me to some very sombre or profound places. But this is no bad thing. I always resurface wiser and with a way of viewing things that is different to before."

Reflection, Thought, Darkness, Strength

"Compromise is a choice. As is the defence of one's self."

Choice, Compromise, Defense, Self

"It is possible to escape the complexities, challenges and pace of modern life. All we have to do is close our eyes and picture a quiet world where time moves slowly."

Peace, Escape, Life, Complexity, Calm

"We get so used to the gregarious nature of our towns and villages that we forget how crowded our existence has become."

Society, Community, Isolation, Social, Change

"We have a calling: a need to be close to Nature, where she may cleanse our souls and wash away the stresses of yesterday. It is emotional recompense for the cost of living."

Nature, Healing, Spiritual, Peace

"A perpetual world, a world within a world. Of my mind and outside my mind. The real world is the dream world."

Philosophy, Reality, Dream, Mind, World

"You need energy and purpose to become the person you're destined to be."

Motivation, Energy, Purpose, Destiny, Self

"Lake water, even when boiled, has an effect on my digestive system similar to the movement of a hangman's trapdoor."

Health, Nature, Body, Effect