As Calcutta smells of death and Bombay of Money, Bangkok smells of sex, but this sexual aroma is mingled with the sharper whiffs of sex and money.

Quote by Paul Theroux

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It is usually expensive and lonely to be principled.

It is usually expensive and lonely to be principled.

There are probably more annoying things than being hectored about African development by a wealthy...

There are probably more annoying things than being hectored about African development by a wealthy...

Tourists don't know where they've been, travelers don't know where they're going.

Tourists don't know where they've been, travelers don't know where they're going.

I cannot make my days longer so I strive to make them better.

I cannot make my days longer so I strive to make them better.

Death is an endless night so awful to contemplate that it can make us love...

Death is an endless night so awful to contemplate that it can make us love...

Gain a modest reputation for being unreliable and you will never be asked to do...

Gain a modest reputation for being unreliable and you will never be asked to do...

Travel is glamorous only in retrospect.

Travel is glamorous only in retrospect.

Writing is pretty crummy on the nerves.

Writing is pretty crummy on the nerves.

Extensive traveling induces a feeling of encapsulation, and travel, so broadening at first, contracts the...

Extensive traveling induces a feeling of encapsulation, and travel, so broadening at first, contracts the...

Fiction gives us a second chance that life denies us.

Fiction gives us a second chance that life denies us.

The Peace Corps is a sort of Howard Johnson's on the main drag into maturity.

The Peace Corps is a sort of Howard Johnson's on the main drag into maturity.

The Australian Book of Etiquette is a very slim volume.

The Australian Book of Etiquette is a very slim volume.

The Japanese have perfected good manners and made them indistinguishable from rudeness.

The Japanese have perfected good manners and made them indistinguishable from rudeness.

You define a good flight by negatives: you didn't get hijacked, you didn't crash, you...

You define a good flight by negatives: you didn't get hijacked, you didn't crash, you...

Hawaii is not a state of mind, but a state of grace.

Hawaii is not a state of mind, but a state of grace.

Tourists don't know where they've been, travelers don't know where they're going.

Tourists don't know where they've been, travelers don't know where they're going.

Fiction gives us a second chance that life denies us.

Fiction gives us a second chance that life denies us.

I either want less corruption, or more chance to participate in it.

I either want less corruption, or more chance to participate in it.

Life is full of chances and changes, and the most prosperous of men may...meet with...

Life is full of chances and changes, and the most prosperous of men may...meet with...

If adults want to take such chances (with marijuana) that is their business

If adults want to take such chances (with marijuana) that is their business