"Extensive traveling induces a feeling of encapsulation, and travel, so broadening at first, contracts the mind."
― Paul Theroux
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Travel
More From Paul Theroux
- "The Peace Corps is a sort of Howard Johnson’s on the main drag into maturity."
- "A travel book is about someone who goes somewhere, travels on the ground, sees something and spends quite a lot of time doing it, and has a hard time, and then comes back and writes about it. It’s not about inventing."
- "Travel works best when you’re forced to come to terms with the place you’re in."
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