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Made Quotes by Paul Theroux
- One of the pleasures of reading is seeing this alteration on the pages, and the way, by reading it, you have made the book yours.
- The Japanese have perfected good manners and made them indistinguishable from rudeness.
- Literary life used to be quite different in Britain in the years I lived there, from 1971 to 1989, because money was not a factor…
- When I was in the Peace Corps I never made a phone call. I was in Central Africa; I didn't make a phone call for…
- Connection" is the triumphal cry these days. Connection has made people arrogant, impatient, hasty, and presumptuous. ...I don't doubt that instant communication has been good…
- 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…
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