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Quote by Paul Theroux
A travel book is about someone who goes somewhere, travels on the

A travel book is about someone who goes somewhere, travels on the ground, sees something and spends quite a lot of time doing it, and has a hard time, and then comes back and writes about it. Its not about inventing. – 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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Travel works best when youre forced to come to terms with the place youre in. – Paul Theroux

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I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train. – Oscar Wilde

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I dont have the luxury of having a dog myself because I travel too much, but I love walking and cuddling somebody elses dog. – Ingrid Newkirk

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I was young. I was newly married. And I had worked like a dog. I just wanted to live and travel. – Sarah Michelle Gellar

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