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# Hugh Thomson

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##  Quotes by Hugh Thomson

> [“And in a way, what could be more rock and roll than lying around on deck being served caviar and champagne off…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-thomson/and-in-a-way-what-could-be-more-rock-and-roll-than-lying-around-on/)

Hugh Thomson

[Moon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/moon/)

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> [“why as a society we are often so cruel or oblivious to the elderly. Why do we find it so easy to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-thomson/why-as-a-society-we-are-often-so-cruel-or-oblivious-to-the-elderly/)

Hugh Thomson

[Approaching death](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/approaching-death/)

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> [“Only in the late eighteenth century, with Burke and his theory of the sublime, Wordsworth and his mountains, Rousseau and his thoughts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-thomson/only-in-the-late-eighteenth-century-with-burke-and-his-theory-of-the/)

Hugh Thomson

[Nature](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nature/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ab/hugh-thomson-70679_nature_only-in-the-late-eighteenth-century-with_1107472.jpg)

> [“To the traditional traveller—let alone travel writer—this might seem absurd. The whole point of travel is to go deep. To spend time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-thomson/to-the-traditional-traveller-let-alone-travel-writer-this-might-seem/)

Hugh Thomson

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