My mom said I was an escapist at heart.... that I preferred imaginary worlds to the real one

My mom said I was an escapist at heart.... that I preferred imaginary worlds to the real one

Um, yeah. I guess lying around reading books all day doesn't do much for physical endurance.

I have to warn you that my bedroom isn't the best place to stage an assault on me. It's where I'm at my weakest, with my bed a mere twenty feet away.

I've always felt that any establishment that doesn't welcome me with open arms doesn't deserve my patronage.

Besides the alternate universe offered by a book, the quiet space of a museum was my favorite place to go. My mom said I was an escapist at heart . . . that I preferred imaginary worlds to the real one. It’s true that I’ve always been able to yank myself out of this world and plunge myself into another.

Doubt everything [...]. Doubt everything at least once. What you decide to keep, you'll be able to be confident of. And what you decide to ditch, you will replace with what your instincts tell you is true.