Quote by Colin Wilson

When I was a teenager I was a total romantic escapist. My world was books.

When I was a teenager I was a total romantic escapist. My wo

Summary

This quote expresses the speaker's tendency as a teenager to immerse themselves in romanticized ideals and seek solace in books. It suggests that instead of facing reality, they escaped into the realm of imagination offered by literature. The sentence signifies a preference for fantasy, suggesting that books served as an alternative reality or a means to cope with the challenges and complexities of the real world during adolescence.

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By Colin Wilson

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