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Paul Theroux Quotes

Paul Theroux quotes about thinking

American Novelist April 10, 1941

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Paul Theroux quote: "I think I understand passion. Love is something else."
I think I understand passion. Love is something else. Paul Theroux
Paul Theroux quote: "I think that love isn't what you think it is when you're in..."
I think that love isn't what you think it is when you're in your twenties or even thirties. Paul Theroux
You think of travellers as bold, but our guilty secret is that travel is one of the laziest ways on earth of passing the time. Paul Theroux
When I write about my childhood I think, oh my God, how did I ever get from there to here? Not that any great thing has happened to me. But I felt so tiny, so lost. Paul Theroux
I don't think I've ever seen a person having a serious conversation on a cellphone. It's like a kiddie thing, a complete time waster. Paul Theroux
Paul Theroux quote: "I'm constantly running across people who have never heard of..."
I'm constantly running across people who have never heard of books I think they should read. Paul Theroux
There are probably more annoying things than being hectored about African development by a wealthy Irish rock star in a cowboy hat, but I can't think of one at the moment. Paul Theroux
If you're a misanthrope you stay at home. There are certain writers who really don't like other people. I'm not like that, I don't think. Paul Theroux
When I left Africa in 1966 it seemed to me to be a place that was developing, going in a particular direction, and I don't think that is the case now. And it's a place where people still kid themselves - you know, in a few years this will happen or that will happen. Well, it's not going to happen. It's never going to happen. Paul Theroux
I think most serious and omnivorous readers are alike- intense in their dedication to the word, quiet-minded, but relieved and eagerly talkative when they meet other readers and kindred spirits. Paul Theroux
Duffil had that uneasy look of a many who has left his parcels elsewhere, which is also the look of a man who thinks he's being followed. Paul Theroux

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