Paul Theroux
Paul Theroux
Paul Edward Therouxis an American travel writer and novelist, whose best-known work is The Great Railway Bazaar. He has published numerous works of fiction, some of which were adapted as feature films. He was awarded the 1981 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for his novel The Mosquito Coast, which was adapted for the 1986 movie of the same name...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth10 April 1941
CountryUnited States of America
unexpected now-and-then traveler
Now and then in travel, something unexpected happens that transforms the whole nature of the trip and stays with the traveler.
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Winter is a season of recovery and preparation.
tired might london
A person who is tired of London is not necessarily tired of life; it might be that he just can’t find a parking place.
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Friendship is also about liking a person for their failings, their weakness. It's also about mutual help, not about exploitation.
morning simple knowing
There is an intense but simple thrill in setting off in the morning on a mountain trail, knowing that everything you need is on your back. It is a confidence in having left the inessentials behind and of entering a world of natural beauty that has not been violated, where money has no value, and possessions are a dead weight. The person with the fewest possessions is the freest. Thoreau was right.
travel book reading
In the best travel books the word alone is implied on every exciting page, as subtle and ineradicable as a watermark.
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There is no faster way of destroying a man, or mocking his ideas, than making him fashionable.
wonderful sore-throat traveler
A French traveler with a sore throat is a wonderful thing to behold, but it takes more than tonsillitis to prevent a Frenchman from boasting.
travel upset bazaars
Railways are irresistible bazaars, snaking along perfectly level no matter what the landscape, improving your mood with speed, and never upsetting your drink.
travel vanishing lines
Travel is a vanishing act, a solitary trip down a pinched line of geography to oblivion.
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Truly, the worst trains take one across the best landscapes.
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A foreign swear-word is practically inoffensive except to the person who has learnt it early in life and knows its social limits.
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One thing about cold weather: it brings out the statistician in everyone.
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Writing ... is practically the only activity a person can do that is not competitive.