"There is no problem so big it cannot be run away from"
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The line works because it’s funny in the way self-knowledge is funny: you recognize yourself and wince. Running away is framed as a kind of superpower, a perverse competence. Schulz isn’t endorsing cowardice so much as exposing how easily people convert fear into strategy. The phrasing “so big” hints at adult-scale crises, but the solution offered is childlike. That tension is the whole Peanuts engine: kids speaking in aphorisms that sound like grown-up wisdom until the punchline reveals the coping mechanism underneath.
Context matters here: Schulz drew through the Cold War, suburbia’s boom, and the rise of therapeutic language. Peanuts often resisted the shiny optimism of mid-century America, giving readers permission to admit they were overwhelmed. In that world, flight isn’t heroic; it’s ordinary. The subtext is a quiet indictment of a culture that prizes composure and productivity - if you can’t fix your life, at least you can disappear from it for a while.
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Schulz, Charles M. (2026, January 15). There is no problem so big it cannot be run away from. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/there-is-no-problem-so-big-it-cannot-be-run-away-12115/
Chicago Style
Schulz, Charles M. "There is no problem so big it cannot be run away from." FixQuotes. January 15, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/there-is-no-problem-so-big-it-cannot-be-run-away-12115/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"There is no problem so big it cannot be run away from." FixQuotes, 15 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/there-is-no-problem-so-big-it-cannot-be-run-away-12115/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.






