Fogeydom is the last bastion of the bore and reminiscence is its anthem. It is futile to want the old days back, but that doesn't mean one should ignore the lessons of the visitable past.
I am happy being what I am. - Paul Theroux
I am happy being what I am.
- Paul Theroux
Delay and dirt are the realities of the most rewarding travel. - Paul Theroux
Delay and dirt are the realities of the most rewarding travel.
Tourists don't know where they've been, travelers don't know where they're going. - Paul Theroux
Tourists don't know where they've been, travelers don't know where they're going.
The measure of civilized behavior is compassion. - Paul Theroux
The measure of civilized behavior is compassion.
I cannot make my days longer so I strive to make them better. - Paul Theroux
I cannot make my days longer so I strive to make them better.
You go away for a long time and return a different person - you never come all the way back. - Paul Theroux
You go away for a long time and return a different person - you never come all the way back.
The wish to travel seems to me characteristically human: the desire to move, to satisfy your curiosity or ease your fears, to change the circumstance… - Paul Theroux
The wish to travel seems to me characteristically human: the desire to move, to satisfy your curiosity or ease your fears, to change the circumstance…
Travel is at its most rewarding when it ceases to be about your reaching a destination and becomes indistinguishable from living your life - Paul Theroux
Travel is at its most rewarding when it ceases to be about your reaching a destination and becomes indistinguishable from living your life
Reading liberates you. You could know about the world through reading. - Paul Theroux
Reading liberates you. You could know about the world through reading.
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