208 Quotes About Escapism

It's fogging a little, but I won't slip off and hide in it. No...never again...

Why should a man be scorned if, finding himself in prison, he tries to get out and go home? Or if, when he cannot do so, he thinks and talks about other topics than jailers and prison-walls?

I steel myself to ignore his taunts and his coarse language. I no longer care what he says or does. It doesn't matter anymore. I am detached, contained in my own private world where he cannot reach me. It is my last refuge.

...When people lose their way and lack a real purpose for living they often fall back on certain forms of escapism as a form of self-soothing...

Moreover, people have become accustomed to reading to escape as opposed to reading to think.

I fantasize about making reality better.

Escapism is always big. People go to the movies for hope. There's no way we could take 'American Beauty' this year, for example. We're still too frail, psychologically speaking.

Escapism is always big, ... People go to the movies for hope. There's no way we could take 'American Beauty' this year, for example. We're still too frail, psychologically speaking.

People want to be entertained when they watch dramas. 'Mistresses' has a mixture of escapism and reality.