"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."

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

"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

"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

"I think escapism is really important."

Jordana Brewster, American Actress

Escape, Escapism

"Time to make herself scarce because, hell, she didn't want to pass that thunderhead on her way out."

Katherine McIntyre, American Novelist

Escape, Emotion, Awareness, Time

"But when reality was hopeless, fantasy became more and more necessary."

Michael Grant, American Author

Escape, Fantasy, Reality, Hope

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"The important thing to remember, ... is that you are a human being and worthy of respect."

Respect, Humanity, Dignity, Self-Worth

"There was something so heavy about the burden of history, of the past. I wasn't sure I had it in me to keep looking back."

Reflection, History, Burden, Past

"It's a lot easier to be lost than found."

Life, Lost, Journey, Truth, Direction

"No relationship is perfect, ever. There are always some ways you have to bend, to compromise, to give something up in order to gain something greater...The love we have for each other is bigger than these small differences. And that's the key. It's like a big pie chart, and the love in a relationship has to be the biggest piece. Love can make up for a lot."

Relationship, Love, Compromise, Understanding

"You could just tell when a person belonged somewhere. That is something you can't fake, no matter how hard you try."

Identity, Belonging, Authenticity, Connection, Truth

"To me, summer has always been about potential. This was especially true when I was in high school. Those 3 or so months between 1 school year and the next always meant change. People got taller or wider or smaller. They broke up or came together, lost friends or gained them, had life experiences that you could tell had transformed them even if you didn't know what they were. In the summer, the days were long, stretching into each other. Out of school, everything was on pause and yet happening at the same time, this collection of weeks when anything was possible. As a teenager, I was always hoping to change, to become someone other than who I was. Each summer, I felt I had the chance to do that. All I had to do was wait and see what happened."

Youth, Summer, Change, Hope, Potential

"Home wasn't a set house, or a single town on a map. It was wherever the people who loved you were, whenever you were together. Not a place, but a moment, and then another, building on each other like bricks to create a solid shelter that you take with you for your entire life, wherever you may go."

Home, Love, People, Moment

"Like a word on a page that you've printed and read a million times, that suddenly looks strange or wrong, foreign. And you feel scared for a second, like you've lost something, even if you're not sure what it is."

Identity, Confusion, Fear, Change

"Once you love something, you always love it in someway. You have to. it's like, part of you for good."

Love, Attachment, Emotion, Connection

"Yeah. I mean, acknowledging is easy. Something happened or it didn't. But understanding... that's where things get sticky."

Insight, Understanding, Reflection, Emotion, Complexity