“People read books to escape the uncertainties of life.”
“When she wanted to escape her life, she read books”
“When you read a great book, you don't escape from life, you plunge deeper into it.”
“When you read a good book, you don’t escape from life, you plunge deeper into it”—”
“All I can do is read a book to stay awake, and it rips my life away, but it's a great escape.”
“And we can read - there is always the prospect of escape, through books.""Books are not a means of 'escape', Meta! Books are a means of knowledge, and of learning how to cope with the future.”