History Quotes / Escapism

->"You are [[Literature/{{Twilight}} Bella Swan]]"

-->-- '''Atsuko Sasaki''', ''LightNovel/MyNextLifeAsAVillainessAllRoutesLeadToDoom''

->''"''Film/{{Titanic|1997}}'', as a movie, [[ClicheStorm played it safe]]. All the things I suggested to add depth to the characters were disregarded. Creator/JamesCameron isn't a lousy screenwriter; he might in fact be a fucking genius of some kind. But whether it's emotional familiarity, vicarious {{fantasy}} {{romance}}, simple {{adventure}} and excitement, SciFi {{action|genre}} and danger, or cheap thrills and laughs -- [[InDefenceOfStoryTelling these are movies, and this is what people love about them:]] the ability to vicariously transport yourself into a fantasy world, away from your boring day job as a bank teller, a CPA, or a tollbooth operator."''
-->-- '''[[WebVideo/RedLetterMedia Harry S. Plinkett]]'''

-->--'''Hikari''', ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''

->''Baby I've been stompin' around in these heels for all the goddamn day,\\
I got aches and annoyance from living to earn my pay,\\

So ease it down''

->''You see I'm tired, I'm spent, I'm really [[FeelingTheirAge feeling my age]]\\
You know life is twice as hard when you're living half on the stage,\\

So let's get some [[WesternAnimation cartoons]] and [[HardDrinkingPartyGirl Vodka]], and do 'em all night long!''

->[[EscapistCharacter People defend her]] , because they '''are really defending themselves'''"

->''"''Film/{{Titanic|1997}}'', as a movie, [[ClicheStorm played it safe]]. All the things I suggested to add depth to the characters were disregarded. Creator/JamesCameron isn't a lousy screenwriter; he might in fact be a fucking genius of some kind. But whether it's emotional familiarity, vicarious {{fantasy}} {{romance}}, simple adventure and excitement, SciFi {{action}} and danger, or cheap thrills and laughs -- [[TropesAreNotBad these are movies, and this is what people love about them]]: the ability to vicariously transport yourself into a fantasy world, away from your boring day job as a bank teller, a CPA, or a tollbooth operator."''

->''"There is nothing wrong with escapism. The key points are what you're escaping from, and where you're escaping to. As far as I was concerned, escapist literature let me escape to the real world."''

-->-- ''[[WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb Phineas & Ferb]]''

-->--'''[[Creator/CSLewis C. S. Lewis]]''', "On Science Fiction"

->''"''Film/{{Titanic|1997}}'', as a movie, [[ClicheStorm played it safe]]. All the things I suggested to add depth to the caracters were disregarded. Creator/JamesCameron isn't a lousy screenwriter; he might in fact be a fucking genius of some kind. But whether it's emotional familiarity, vicarious fantasy romance, simple adventure and excitement, sci-fi action and danger, or cheap thrills and laughs--[[TropesAreNotBad these are movies, and this is what people love about them]]: the ability to vicariously transport yourself into a fantasy world, away from your boring day job as a bank teller, a CPA, or a tollbooth operator."''

->'''Bufford:''' That's an interesting question you pose, as it reveals not only one's impulses and desires, but one's deepest fears as well.

->''Life goes on it gets so heavy. The wheel breaks the butterfly.''

-->-- '''[[RedLetterMedia Harry S. Plinkett]]'''

-->-- ''[[PhineasAndFerb Phineas & Ferb]]''

->''"''Film/{{Titanic}}'', as a movie, [[ClicheStorm played it safe]]. All the things I suggested to add depth to the caracters were disregarded. Creator/JamesCameron isn't a lousy screenwriter; he might in fact be a fucking genius of some kind. But whether it's emotional familiarity, vicarious fantasy romance, simple adventure and excitement, sci-fi action and danger, or cheap thrills and laughs--[[TropesAreNotBad these are movies, and this is what people love about them]]: the ability to vicariously transport yourself into a fantasy world, away from your boring day job as a bank teller, a CPA, or a tollbooth operator."''
-->--'''[[RedLetterMedia Harry S. Plinkett]]'''

-->-- '''Hikari''', ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''

->''I never fully understood [the label of 'escapist'] till my friend Professor [[Creator/JRRTolkien Tolkien]] asked me the very simple question, 'What class of men would you expect to be most preoccupied with, and most hostile to, the idea of escape?' and gave the obvious answer: jailers.''
-->-- '''[[Creator/CSLewis C. S. Lewis]]''', "On Science Fiction"

->''Most people live their lives turning their backs on things too difficult to face. Ignoring what hurts you eventually becomes a habit, the natural thing to do. If we only allow ourselves to see what we want to see, we just end up fooling ourselves more and more. But eventually, we cloud our vision so completely, that we become blind to the small truths that are all around us. The same way that the twinkling of the stars is blotted out by the glare of bright city lights.''
-->-- '''Polka''', ''VideoGame/EternalSonata''

-->-- '''Hikari''', ''NeonGenesisEvangelion''

-->-- '''[[CSLewis C. S. Lewis]]''', "On Science Fiction"

->''I never fully understood [the label of 'escapist'] till my friend Professor [[JRRTolkien Tolkien]] asked me the very simple question, 'What class of men would you expect to be most preoccupied with, and most hostile to, the idea of escape?' and gave the obvious answer: jailers.''

-->-- '''Ikari''', ''NeonGenesisEvangelion''

-->She doesn't go to school or go home.She just plays videogames all day.
--> -- Ikari NeonGenesisEvangelion.