Willa Cather Quote

Nearly all the Escapists in the long past have managed their own budget and their social relations so unsuccessfully that I wouldn't want them for my landlords, or my bankers, or my neighbors. They were valuable, like powerful stimulants, only when they were left out of the social and industrial routine.

"Four Letters: Escapism" (1936) - Willa Cather on Writing (1949)