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Quote by Paul Theroux
Mark Twain was a great traveler and he wrote three or four great t

Mark Twain was a great traveler and he wrote three or four great travel books. I wouldnt say that Im a travel novelist but rather a novelist who travels – and who uses travel as a background for finding stories of places. – Paul Theroux

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Death is an endless night so awful to contemplate that it can make us love life and value it with such passion that it may be the ultimate cause of all joy and all art. – Paul Theroux

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

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Travel teaches as much as books. – Youssou NDour

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The subject matter of the stories on the surface… there seem to be a number of stories about travel. – Kenneth Koch

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The fact that people will pay you to talk to people and travel to interesting places and write about what intrigues you, I am just amazed by that. – Nicholas D. Kristof

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I come from a small town and I come from a background where we didnt have money to travel. I thought Id have to join the military to get to Europe. So Im thrilled to travel. – Chris Isaak

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