Fiction gives us a second chance that life denies us.

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.

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...

As Calcutta smells of death and Bombay of Money, Bangkok smells of sex, but this...

As Calcutta smells of death and Bombay of Money, Bangkok smells of sex, but this...

Fiction gives us a second chance that life denies us.

Fiction gives us a second chance that life denies us.

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

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

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...

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...

Writing is pretty crummy on the nerves.

Writing is pretty crummy on the nerves.

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

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

The Australian Book of Etiquette is a very slim volume.

The Australian Book of Etiquette is a very slim volume.

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...

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...

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.

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.

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.

Travel is glamorous only in retrospect.

Travel is glamorous only in retrospect.

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.