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

Escape, Freedom, Desire, Change

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

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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."

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"My eyes, my brain seek out escape routes wherever I am sent."

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"I go back to the reading room, where I sink down in the sofa and into the world of The Arabian Nights. Slowly, like a movie fadeout, the real world evaporates. I'm alone, inside the world of the story. My favourite feeling in the world."

Haruki Murakami, Japanese Writer

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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."

Fennel Hudson, British Author

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"I could never acceptlife as it was,I could never gobbledown all itspoisonsbu there were parts,tenuous magic partsopen for theasking."

Charles Bukowski, American Author

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"Please leave me alone, let me go on to the stars."

Arthur C. Clarke, English Writer

Escape, Solitude, Stars, Freedom

"I wish I could close my eyes and be blown into dust and nothingness, feel all my thoughts disperse like dandelion fluff drifting off on the wind."

Lauren Oliver, American Author

Escape, Nothing, Thought, Wind

"For the first time in his life, sex is located away from all danger, away from conflict and drama, away from persecution, away from any accusation, away from worries; he has nothing to take care of, love is taking care of him, love as he's always wanted it and never had it: love-repose; love-oblivion; love-desertion; love-carefreeness; love-meaningless."

Milan Kundera, Czechoslovakian Writer

Escape, Love, Safety, Desire, Peace

"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

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

M.F. Moonzajer, Afghan Author

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"Macy: "In Truth, I said, "there are no rules other than you have to tell the truth.Wes: "How do you win? he askedMacy: "That, I said, "is such a boy question."

Truth, Games, Rules, Perspective

"Look, everyone mourns at their own pace. Maybe you're just a little bit ahead of her, but she'll get to you eventually. The important thing is that you keep trying to talk to each other, even if it's difficult at first. It gets easier. I promise."

Grief, Healing, Support, Love

"I couldn't imagine what it would be like to be one of so many, to have not just parents and siblings but cousins and aunts and uncles, an entire tribe to claim as your own. Maybe you would feel lost in the crowd. Or sheltered by it. Whatever the case, one things was for sure: like it or not, you'd never be alone."

Relationship, Family, Belonging, Support, Alone

"Because it is so hard, in any life, to believe in what you can't fully understand."

Belief, Understanding, Life, Faith

"I would have thought this would make me feel better.. getting to be the one to leave and not the one left behind. But it didn't. Not at all."

Emotion, Loss, Regret, Separation

"Wherever you will go, I will let you down, But this lullaby goes on."

Trust, Disappointment, Love, Journey

"But if everything was always smooth and perfect, you'd get too used to that, you know? You have to have a little bit of disorganization now and then. Otherwise, you'll never really enjoy it when things go right."

Balance, Perfection, Appreciation, Chaos

"You want to take me to a movie?" I asked. "Well, not really," he said. "What I really want is for you to be my girlfriend. But I thought saying that might scare you off."

Romance, Love, Relationship, Honesty, Communication

"Love is so unpredictable. That's what makes it so great."

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