I wanted to escape from the world I was offered, not into a world of dreams, but into the arms of cold, hard reality.

There is only one sure way to escape reality, and that is to face it.

There is only one sure way to escape from reality, and that is by facing it.

What the desperate are seeking is a way out. Suicide is one way; poetry is another.

There's only one way to escape the madness of life, and that is to enjoy it.

There is only one escape from the madness of this world, and that is to enjoy it.