Airplane Quote by Paul Theroux

“Airplanes have dulled and desensitized us; we are encumbered, like lovers in a suit of armor.”

Paul Theroux

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Maine out of season is unmistakably a great destination: hospitable, good-humored, plenty of elbow room, short days, dark nights of crackling ice crystals.

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Tourists who go to Africa have more of a traditional experience than Africans do. A tourist goes on safari; Africans don't.

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It is the simplest fact of Indian life: there are too many Indians.

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Pain does not create a long-lasting memory, but the memory of luxury exerts itself for ever.

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