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I like the idea of isolation, I like the idea of solitude. You can be connected and have a phone and still be lonely. Paul Theroux

Connected, Still, Like

Winter is a season of recovery and preparation. - Paul Theroux

Winter is a season of recovery and preparation. Paul Theroux

Winter, Season, Recovery

I am happy being what I am. Paul Theroux

I Am, I Am Happy, Happy

Maine is a joy in the summer. But the soul of Maine is more apparent in the winter. Paul Theroux

Maine, Joy, Soul

The moment that changed me for ever was the moment my first child was born. I was happy, filled with hope, and thought, 'Now I understand the whole point of work, of life, of love.' Paul Theroux

Love, Thought, Work

What draws me in is that a trip is a leap in the dark. It's like a metaphor for life. You set off from home, and in the classic travel book, you go to an unknown place. You discover a different world, and you discover yourself. Paul Theroux

Different World, Book, Life

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

Mind, Hawaii, Grace

I grew up in an era of thinking of travel as escape. The idea that you could conceivably have a new life, go somewhere, fall in love, have little children under the palm trees. Paul Theroux

New, Little Children, Love

Travel magazines are just one cupcake after another. They're not about travel. The travel magazine is, in fact, about the opposite of travel. It's about having a nice time on a honeymoon, or whatever. Paul Theroux

Fact, Having, Another

Tourists don't know where they've been, travelers don't know where they're going. Paul Theroux

Travel, Been, Going

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Many small towns I know in Maine are as tight-knit and interdependent as those I associate with rural communities in India or China; with deep roots and old loyalties, skeptical of authority, they are proud and inflexibly territorial. Paul Theroux

Small, Deep, Rural

I can't predict how reading habits will change. But I will say that the greatest loss is the paper archive - no more a great stack of manuscripts, letters, and notebooks from a writer's life, but only a tiny pile of disks, little plastic cookies where once were calligraphic marvels. Paul Theroux

Habits, Pile, Stack

I don't look down on tourism. I live in Hawaii where we have 7 million visitors a year. If they weren't there, there would be no economy. So I understand why a tourist economy is necessary. Paul Theroux

Necessary, Hawaii, Year

Anything is possible on a train: a great meal, a binge, a visit from card players, an intrigue, a good night's sleep, and strangers' monologues framed like Russian short stories. Paul Theroux

Intrigue, Stories, Russian

I believe I have a sunny disposition, and am not naturally a grouch. It takes a lot of optimism, after all, to be a traveler. Paul Theroux

Traveler, Optimism, Believe

When I was in the Peace Corps I never made a phone call. I was in Central Africa; I didn't make a phone call for two years. I was in Uganda for another four years and I didn't make a phone call. So for six years I didn't make a phone call, but I wrote letters, I wrote short stories, I wrote books. Paul Theroux

Another, Two, Years

The travel impulse is mental and physical curiosity. It's a passion. And I can't understand people who don't want to travel. Paul Theroux

Curiosity, Want, Understand

Gain a modest reputation for being unreliable and you will never be asked to do a thing. Paul Theroux

Never, Asked, Will

Maine out of season is unmistakably a great destination: hospitable, good-humored, plenty of elbow room, short days, dark nights of crackling ice crystals. Paul Theroux

Maine, Elbow, Crystals

It is usually expensive and lonely to be principled. Paul Theroux

Principled, Lonely

Men in their late 50s often make very bad decisions. Paul Theroux

Bad, Very, Late

If you look at a map, you see that Hawaii is in the middle of nowhere. It's 17 hours of straight flying from London. It's very far away, and sometimes you feel as if you're on another planet. But I like that. Also, that's ideal for writing. Paul Theroux

Very, London, Away

My greatest inspiration is memory. Paul Theroux

Memory, Inspiration

Fiction gives us the second chances that life denies us. Paul Theroux

Second Chances, Chances

I cannot make my days longer so I strive to make them better. Paul Theroux

Better, Longer, Strive

You define a good flight by negatives: you didn't get hijacked, you didn't crash, you didn't throw up, you weren't late, you weren't nauseated by the food. So you are grateful. Paul Theroux

Travel, Flight, Grateful

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