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Author - Paul Theroux
Quotes by : Paul Theroux
Rivalry
When I started writing, I did have some idealised notion of my dad as a writer. But I have less and less....
Main
The Peace Corps is a sort of Howard Johnson's on the main drag into maturity.
mythomania
...it was just a version of Rimbaud in Harar: the exile, a selfish beast with modest fantasies of power,....
travel
..luxury is the enemy of observation, a costly indulgence that induces such a good feeling that you notice....
Know
Tourists don't know where they've been, travelers don't know where they're going.
Alone
Because of my capacity for listening to strangers' tales, or the details of their lives, my patience....
concentration
Someone who seems doddery is perhaps not doddery at all but only an older person absorbed in squinting....
Being
The people of Hong Kong are criticized for only being interested in business, but it's the only thing....
Truth
The job of the travel writer is to go far and wide, to make voluminous notes, to tell the truth.
travel
The measure of civilized behavior is compassion.
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