You go away for a long time and return a different person - you never come all the way back.Paul Theroux
Every country differs from every other one. You are constantly amazed, often you are stunned, occasionally you die of fright, and the novelty never ends.Paul Theroux
I see that all my life I have made mistaken identity my calling, and have achieved what little success I had by it.Paul Theroux
In my eyes, I was lucky to be a laborer. Yet many Africans, restless and despairing, somewhat envied me.Paul Theroux
But the regard in which you hold your parents is not lessened by observing their shortcomings.Paul Theroux
What is more melancholy and more profound than to see a thousand objects for the first and the last time?Paul Theroux
I began thinking again and became a human being once more.Paul Theroux
In my eyes, I was lucky to be a laborer. Yet many Africans, restless and despairing, somewhat envied me.Paul Theroux
Even in Africa, if you say bad things about your friends, you're considered rude.Paul Theroux
My trip was a sort of low-cost survival course, which is the only sort, by the way.Paul Theroux