All the best stories in the world are but one story in reality - the story of escape. It is the only thing which interests us all and at all times, how to escape. (Walter Bagehot)

All the best stories in the world are but one story in reality - the story of escape. It is the only thing which interests us all and at all times, how to escape.

Walter Bagehot

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