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Paul Theroux Quotes

Paul Theroux quotes about good

American Novelist April 10, 1941

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Connection" is the triumphal cry these days. Connection has made people arrogant, impatient, hasty, and presumptuous. ...I don't doubt that instant communication has been good for business, even for the publishing business, but it has done nothing for literature, and might even have harmed it. In many ways connection has been disastrous. We have confused information (of which there is too much) with ideas (of which there are too few). I found out much more about the world and myself by being... Paul Theroux
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
Paul Theroux quote: "The Japanese have perfected good manners and made them..."
The Japanese have perfected good manners and made them indistinguishable from rudeness. Paul Theroux
Paul Theroux quote: "You may not know it but I'm no good at coping with all the..."
You may not know it but I'm no good at coping with all the attention in the luxury hotels I sometimes find myself in. Paul Theroux

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