The desire to escape often comes to men in the moment of their deepest despair.
The only way to truly escape suffering is to transcend it.
The only way to escape the abyss is to look at it, gauge it, sound it out and descend into it.
You can escape reality, but you cannot escape the consequences of escaping reality.
Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity.
The surest way to escape anxiety and defeat despair is to act. Do, don't dwell.
The thing I realize is, that it's not what you take, it's what you leave.
People can escape into fictional worlds to get away from their own lives, but they can't really escape the stories that are told about them.
Don't escape from reality. Embrace it. Face it. Deal with it. Then conquer it.
The greatest escape I ever made was when I left Appleton, Wisconsin.
The greatest prison people live in is the fear of what other people think.
There are some things you can't share without ending up liking each other, and knocking out a twelve-foot mountain troll is one of them.
In order to escape accountability for his crimes, the perpetrator does everything in his power to promote forgetting.
You can escape a town, but you cannot escape blood. Somehow, the Vineses were carried with me.
Escape from the black cloud that surrounds you. Then you will see your own light as radiant as the full moon.
The only way to deal with fear is to face it. You can't escape it. You can't escape anything if you don't face it.
The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.
The desire to escape is inherently linked to the desire to know, to understand.