208 Quotes About Escapism

The Dark Guardian wants to become the sole Guardian of all existence, in all realms. He wants to claim dominance and bend all to his will; the darker the world and its inhabitants become, the more alive and powerful he will feel.

I personally feel that karma yoga makes much more sense if one is seeking transcendence. We weren’t thrown in this world just to deny and run away from it. A man must be a doer and not an escapist.

We were miles away from our real lives.

Oh no, real life is escape. The great terrors, the horrors--we hope--of your life come from reading fiction.

I'll tell you what I want. Magic! Yes, yes, magic! I try to give that to people. I misinterpret things to them. I don't tell the truth. I tell what ought to be truth. And if that is sinful, then let me be damned for it! - Don't turn the light on!

We all have our addictions that protect us from the empty irritation of loneliness

I loved books, even as I loved the similar way opium had of transporting a mind elsewhere

Not a single alcohol has a human problem.

The more unsettled and unbalanced we feel, the more quickly and recklessly we are likely to fall in love.