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Paul Theroux
“Most travel, and certainly the rewarding kind, involves depending on the kindness of strangers, putting yourself into the hands of people you don't know and trusting them with your life.”
Paul Theroux, Ghost Train to the Eastern Star

Paul Theroux
“..luxury is the enemy of observation, a costly indulgence that induces such a good feeling that you notice nothing. Luxury spoils and infantilizes you and prevents you from knowing the world. That is its purpose, the reason why luxury cruises and great hotels are full of fatheads who, when they express an opinion, seem as though they are from another planet. It was also my experience that one of the worst aspects of travelling with wealthy people, apart from the fact that the rich never listen, is that they constantly groused about the high cost of living – indeed, the rich usually complained of being poor.”
Paul Theroux, Ghost Train to the Eastern Star

Margaret Mitchell
“My dear, I don't give a damn.”
Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind

Paul Theroux
“People will tell you, “What’s the use? What’s the point of reading novels and poetry?” They’ll tell you to go to law school or to be an economist or to do something useful. But books are useful. Books will make you thoughtful, and they might even make you happy. They will certainly help you to become more civilized.”
Paul Theroux, Ghost Train to the Eastern Star: On the Tracks of the Great Railway Bazaar

Margaret Mitchell
“After all, tomorrow is another day!”
Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind

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