Quotes by Theroux, Paul

Travel is glamorous only in retrospect. >>

Death is an endless night so awful to contemplate that it can make us >>

The realization that he is white in a black country, and respected for >>

Quotations about Pessimism

In the long run, the pessimist may be proven right, but the optimist h >>

A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself. >>

You define a good flight by negatives: you didn't get hijacked, you di >>

You define a good flight by negatives: you didn't get hijacked, you didn't crash, you didn't throw up, you weren't late, you weren't nauseated by the food. So you're grateful.

Theroux, Paul