Candour Quote by Paul Theroux

“We sat next to each other. The sound of the locomotive and the smell of the sea drifted in through the open window. It…

— Bobby Underwood

We rode along in silence, thinking our private thoughts. Charlie and I had an unspoken agreement not to throw ourselves into speedy travel just…

— Patrick deWitt

Long-distance train conversations are unlike the perfunctory exchanges one normally associates with strangers, or the truncated, cut-to-the-chase kind that sometimes take place between seatmates…

— Alan Huffman

“Yet it was a strange thing that, though we sometimes passed whole hours together without speaking when we were alone, the mere presence of…

— Leo Tolstoy

People knew less of each other, perhaps, but they felt more free of each other, and so were more individual. The entire world was…

— John Fowles

“Train journeys are about possibilities. They denote a change in state. When you arrive, you are no longer the same person who departed.”

— Vikas Swarup

On the drive we talked easily, but we did make a small detour. After pulling into a rest stop, we made out like teenagers.

— Nicholas Sparks

“was happiest finding my own way and did not require a liaison man. It had been my intention to stay on the train, without…

— Paul Theroux

Communication with another person -- wasn't it the realest thing in life?

— Anne Morrow Lindbergh

“One character all messages had in common was vague generality. "Fly away with me," a tussie-mussie might suggest, but never "Meet me at the…

— Geraldine Adamich Laufer

“The best line of work for me would be roadside sprite. I'd live quietly by a dust-covered track that people never came across unless…

— Helen Oyeyemi

“He turned to her and said, “About time,” when the train finally creaked in, with the familiarity strangers adopt with each other after sharing…

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie