"The wish to travel seems to me characteristically human: the desire to move, to satisfy your curiosity or ease your fears, to change the circumstances of your life, to be a stranger, to make a friend, to experience an exotic landscape, to risk the unknown.."

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Source : "The Tao of Travel: Enlightenments from Lives on the Road". Book by Paul Theroux, May 19, 2011.

Paul Theroux

#Travel Quotes #Moving Quotes #Risk Quotes

“I guess we often get the deep blues, both of us, and wonder what it all means- the people, the buildings, the day by day things, the waste of time, of ourselves.”
“I became religious and at 14 went to a boarding school 500 miles from home to begin theological studies. By the time I started university, politics had replaced religion in the economy of my enthusiasms but I had no idea what to study. My boarding school emphasized languages which I was bad at, and deemphasized math and science which I was good at.”
“I suppose I see myself as a modern soul artist.”
“Eventually, in the editing movie you have to look at it as if you hadn't written it. So, you have to be a bit more brutal.”

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“You are such a chick.â€ I widened my eyes in mock surprise. â€œNo way. Are you sure?”
“People who know me know that theres a light-hearted side, humour... But you could easily say I am cheeky.”
“Don't let any man into your cab, your home, or your heart, unless he's a friend of labor.”
“My heart went out, seeking the God of my people. In thousands of homes those white candles burned tonight. I joined an invisible congregation.”

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