"The appeal of travel books is also the……" — Paul Theroux
"The appeal of travel books is also the sense that you are different, an outsider, almost like the Robinson Crusoe or Christopher Columbus notion of being the first person in a new place."
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148 Quotes by Paul Theroux
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It is fatal to know too much at the outcome: boredom comes as quickly to the traveler who knows his…
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Travel works best when you're forced to come to terms with the place you're in.
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The traveler's boast, sometimes couched as a complaint, is that of having been an eyewitness, and invariably this experience -…
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The monotony of staying in one place is the best thing for writing a novel. Having regular habits, a kind…
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Going slowly [...] was the best way of being reminded that there is a relationship between Here and There, and…
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They say that if the Swiss had designed these mountains they'd be rather flatter.
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The lust of the eye. The best photographs were, to me, like an experience of drowning.
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In countries where all the crooked politicians wear pin-striped suits, the best people are bare-assed.
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Delay and dirt are the realities of the most rewarding travel.
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The conversation, like many others I had with people on trains, derived an easy candour from the shared journey, the…
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My greatest inspiration is memory.
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Sightseeing was ... based on imaginative invention, like rehearsing your own play in stage sets from which all the actors…
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