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Paul Theroux Quotes

Reading alters the appearance of a book. Once it has been read, it never looks the same again, and people leave their individual imprint on a book they have read. Once of the pleasures of reading is seeing this alteration on the pages, and the way, by reading it, you have made the book yours Picture Quote #1

The pleasure a reader gets is often equal to the pleasure a writer is given Picture Quote #1

Even the most distant and exotic place has its parallel in ordinary life Picture Quote #1

Yonder were mountains: The sunlight revealed their tiny heads and wide shoulders, craggy and purple, with small black trees, delicate as eyelashes, on their slopes Picture Quote #1

You may not know it but I’m no good at coping with all the attention in the luxury hotels I sometimes find myself in Picture Quote #1

The Peace Corps is a sort of Howard Johnson's on the main drag into maturity Picture Quote #1

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Tourists don't know where they've been, travelers don't know where they're going Picture Quote #1

I think that love isn’t what you think it is when you’re in your twenties or even thirties Picture Quote #1

Travel works best when you're forced to come to terms with the place you're in Picture Quote #1

When I began to make some money, I really wanted to have a home Picture Quote #1

The realization that he is white in a black country, and respected for it, is the turning point in the expatriate’s career. He can either forget it, or capitalize on it. Most choose the latter Picture Quote #1

Travel is an attitude, a state of mind. It is not residence, it is motion Picture Quote #1

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I don’t want to be the honored guest. I want to be the invisible person Picture Quote #1

Friendship is also about liking a person for their failings, their weakness. It's also about mutual help, not about exploitation Picture Quote #1

Travel is at its most rewarding when it ceases to be about your reaching a destination and becomes indistinguishable from living your life Picture Quote #1

I should have worked just long enough to discover that I didn’t like it Picture Quote #1

You can’t save the rhinos and you can’t preserve a culture. I’m very pessimistic. Once it’s gone, it’s over Picture Quote #1

Gain a modest reputation for being unreliable and you will never be asked to do a thing Picture Quote #1

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Travel is a vanishing act, a solitary trip down a pinched line of geography to oblivion Picture Quote #1

I’m constantly running across people who have never heard of books I think they should read Picture Quote #1

You can’t write about a friend, you can only write about a former friend Picture Quote #1

The conversation, like many others I had with people on trains, derived an easy candour from the shared journey, the comfort of the dining car, and the certain knowledge that neither of us would see each other again Picture Quote #1

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Reading alters the appearance of a book. Once it has been read, it never looks the same again, and people leave their individual imprint on a book they have read. Once of the pleasures of reading is seeing this alteration on the pages, and the way, by reading it, you have made the book yours (Paul Theroux Quotes) The pleasure a reader gets is often equal to the pleasure a writer is given (Paul Theroux Quotes) Even the most distant and exotic place has its parallel in ordinary life (Paul Theroux Quotes) Yonder were mountains: The sunlight revealed their tiny heads and wide shoulders, craggy and purple, with small black trees, delicate as eyelashes, on their slopes (Paul Theroux Quotes) You may not know it but I’m no good at coping with all the attention in the luxury hotels I sometimes find myself in (Paul Theroux Quotes) The Peace Corps is a sort of Howard Johnson's on the main drag into maturity (Paul Theroux Quotes) Tourists don't know where they've been, travelers don't know where they're going (Paul Theroux Quotes) I think that love isn’t what you think it is when you’re in your twenties or even thirties (Paul Theroux Quotes) Travel works best when you're forced to come to terms with the place you're in (Paul Theroux Quotes) When I began to make some money, I really wanted to have a home (Paul Theroux Quotes) The realization that he is white in a black country, and respected for it, is the turning point in the expatriate’s career. He can either forget it, or capitalize on it. Most choose the latter (Paul Theroux Quotes) Travel is an attitude, a state of mind. It is not residence, it is motion (Paul Theroux Quotes) I don’t want to be the honored guest. I want to be the invisible person (Paul Theroux Quotes) Friendship is also about liking a person for their failings, their weakness. It's also about mutual help, not about exploitation (Paul Theroux Quotes) Travel is at its most rewarding when it ceases to be about your reaching a destination and becomes indistinguishable from living your life (Paul Theroux Quotes) I should have worked just long enough to discover that I didn’t like it (Paul Theroux Quotes) You can’t save the rhinos and you can’t preserve a culture. I’m very pessimistic. Once it’s gone, it’s over (Paul Theroux Quotes) Gain a modest reputation for being unreliable and you will never be asked to do a thing (Paul Theroux Quotes) Travel is a vanishing act, a solitary trip down a pinched line of geography to oblivion (Paul Theroux Quotes) I’m constantly running across people who have never heard of books I think they should read (Paul Theroux Quotes) You can’t write about a friend, you can only write about a former friend (Paul Theroux Quotes) The conversation, like many others I had with people on trains, derived an easy candour from the shared journey, the comfort of the dining car, and the certain knowledge that neither of us would see each other again (Paul Theroux Quotes)

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