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To the Ends of the Earth: The Selected Travels QUOTES

1 " A little farther on, he said, “What do you think of India?” “It’s a hard question,” I said. I wanted to tell him about the children I had seen that morning pathetically raiding the leftovers of my breakfast, and ask him if he thought there was any truth in Mark Twain’s comment on Indians: “It is a curious people. With them, all life seems to be sacred except human life.” But I added instead, “I haven’t been here very long. "

― Paul Theroux , To the Ends of the Earth: The Selected Travels

2 " The mist, the rain, and cold, low clouds gave the train a feeling of early morning, a chill and predawn dimness that lasted until noon. "

― Paul Theroux , To the Ends of the Earth: The Selected Travels

3 " the conceit of the long-distance traveler is the belief that he is going so far, he will be alone—inconceivable that another person has the same good idea. "

― Paul Theroux , To the Ends of the Earth: The Selected Travels

4 " No one ever came here; people just went away from it and never returned. "

― Paul Theroux , To the Ends of the Earth: The Selected Travels

5 " I had done enough traveling to know that half of travel was delay or nuisance "

― Paul Theroux , To the Ends of the Earth: The Selected Travels

6 " When something human is recorded, good travel writing happens. "

― Paul Theroux , To the Ends of the Earth: The Selected Travels

7 " He was eager to talk, glad to have a listener, and he didn’t need prompting questions. "

― Paul Theroux , To the Ends of the Earth: The Selected Travels

8 " Travel had to do with movement and truth, with trying everything, offering yourself to experience and then reporting it. "

― Paul Theroux , To the Ends of the Earth: The Selected Travels

9 " It is often the case that only when someone asks you very specific questions do you begin to think clearly about your intentions. "

― Paul Theroux , To the Ends of the Earth: The Selected Travels

10 " every trip is unique. "

― Paul Theroux , To the Ends of the Earth: The Selected Travels

11 " The people on the platform stood watching from under large black umbrellas that shone with wetness "

― Paul Theroux , To the Ends of the Earth: The Selected Travels

12 " The sunset’s fire was tangled in leaden clouds, and the pillars of rain supporting the toppling thunderheads were very close; "

― Paul Theroux , To the Ends of the Earth: The Selected Travels