Quote by Paul Theroux Download Open image ““Solitary people make the best travellers”” — Paul Theroux ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.7 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“...the natures of solitary people are apt to have more unmapped country in them than worldly folk imagine. They see and think and do… — Julian Hawthorne Copy Share Image
“Having no travelling companion brings back all the feelings of loneliness that I’ve fought so hard to overcome. Being on my own, away from… — Jennifer Page Copy Share Image
“What solitary people my family were! It amazed me that two of its members had ever gotten together to produce the others. But then… — Benjamin Kunkel Copy Share Image
Travelling, one accepts everything; indignation stays at home. One looks, one listens, one is roused to enthusiasm by the most dreadful things because they… — Elias Canetti Copy Share Image
“Until recently, it was considered that only losers, who obviously have zero friends in the whole wide world, are forced by their wretched fate… — Maria Angelova Copy Share Image
“Traveling is sacred; mankind has traveled ever since the dawn of time, in search of hunting and grazing ground, or milder climates. Very few… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
If the traveller can find A virtuous and wise companion Let him go with him joyfully And overcome the dangers of the way. But… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
“A man becomes a solitary at the moment when, no matter what may be his external surroundings, he is suddenly aware of his own… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
“Travel is about the people you get to meet and the moments you get to share with them... Travel is about dissolving and melting… — Elena Levon Copy Share Image
I feel as if my mission is to write, to see, to observe, and I feel lazy if I'm not reaching conclusions. I feel… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
The larger an English industry was, the more likely it was to go bankrupt, because the English were not naturally corporate people; they disliked… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
Maine out of season is unmistakably a great destination: hospitable, good-humored, plenty of elbow room, short days, dark nights of crackling ice crystals. — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
You can't write about a friend, you can only write about a former friend. — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
“sightseeing, an activity that delights the truly idle because it seems so much like scholarship, gawping and eavesdropping on antiquity, flattering oneself with the… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
Tourists who go to Africa have more of a traditional experience than Africans do. A tourist goes on safari; Africans don't. — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
In a way, Che Guevara's fate was far worse than Simon Bolivar's. Guevara's collapse was complete: his intentions were forgotten, but his style was… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
Pain does not create a long-lasting memory, but the memory of luxury exerts itself for ever. — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
