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Paul Theroux

Tourists dont know where theyve been, travelers dont know where theyre going.
— Paul Theroux travel
Fiction gives us a second chance that life denies us.
— Paul Theroux life
Death is an endless night so awful to contemplate that it can make us love life and value it with such passion that it may be the ultimate cause of all joy and all art.
— Paul Theroux love
Extensive traveling induces a feeling of encapsulation, and travel, so broadening at first, contracts the mind.
— Paul Theroux mind
Gain a modest reputation for being unreliable and you will never be asked to do a thing.
— Paul Theroux you
Hawaii is not a state of mind, but a state of grace.
— Paul Theroux mind
I cannot make my days longer so I strive to make them better.
— Paul Theroux day
It is usually expensive and lonely to be principled.
— Paul Theroux lonely
The Australian Book of Etiquette is a very slim volume.
— Paul Theroux book
The Japanese have perfected good manners and made them indistinguishable from rudeness.
— Paul Theroux man
The Peace Corps is a sort of Howard Johnsons on the main drag into maturity.
— Paul Theroux war
There are probably more annoying things than being hectored about African development by a wealthy Irish rock star in a cowboy hat, but I cant think of one at the moment.
— Paul Theroux men
Travel is glamorous only in retrospect.
— Paul Theroux travel
Writing is pretty crummy on the nerves.
— Paul Theroux writing
You define a good flight by negatives: you didnt get hijacked, you didnt crash, you didnt throw up, you werent late, you werent nauseated by the food. So you are grateful.
— Paul Theroux light
As Calcutta smells of death and Bombay of Money, Bangkok smells of sex, but this sexual aroma is mingled with the sharper whiffs of sex and money
— Paul Theroux death

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