Paul Theroux Quotes

It is neccessary to have wished for death in order to know how good it is to live.

To live in this world, you must be able to do three things: to love what is mortal; to hold it against your bones knowing your own life depends on it; and, when the time comes to let it go, to let it go.

I realise how precious life is, probably because I've seen how it can be taken away.

I love life. I love life to death.

We need to appreciate how precious life is.

You may think life is sweet now, but when death is a heartbeat away then life becomes unbearably desirable. And when you survive, everything you do will be enhanced and filled with greater joy: the sunlight, the breeze, a good wine, a woman's lips, a child's laughter.

I am what I am. I love golf, I love my life, I love my family and friends.

Don't fear your mortality, because it is this very mortality that gives meaning and depth and poignancy to all the days that will be granted to you.

'Biutiful' is not about death. It's about life. It's a hymn to life.

I love life. I wish I could live another 500 years, truly. There is so much to do. I don't feel bitter or angry or disappointed. If anything, I am very grateful for where I come from. I have absolutely no regrets.

Your hands are not made to type out memos. Or put paper through fax machines. Or hold a phone up while you talk to people you dislike. One hundred years from now, your hands will rot like dust in your grave. You have to make wonderful use of those hands now. Kiss your hands so they can make magic.

We are supposed to enjoy the good stuff now, while we can, with the people we love. Life has a funny way of teaching us that lesson over and over again.

I carry on singing because I love it. The closer you are to the end, the more you understand how important it is.

The sun, the earth, love, friends, our very breath are parts of the banquet.

Eros is very close to death. And both things, in a way, balance each other.

I love life. There's so much to learn and see all the time, and nothing nicer for me than to wake up, and the sky is blue.

I was taught to confront things you can't avoid. Death is one of those things. To live in a society where you're trying not to look at it is stupid because looking at death throws us back into life with more vigour and energy. The fact that flowers don't last for ever makes them beautiful.

You just never know when somebody's gonna die. It could happen at any moment so you've got to really treat everybody that way. Just really let everybody know how you feel about them.

I look upon life as a gift from God. I did nothing to earn it. Now that the time is coming to give it back, I have no right to complain.

Everything that we love will, at some point, be taken away from us. If I think about everyone I love eventually being taken away from me by death, or simply by getting lost from each other in the world, it makes me value them much more now.

From too much love of living, From hope and fear set free, We thank with brief thanksgiving Whatever gods may be That no life lives for ever; That dead men rise up never; That even the weariest river Winds somewhere safe to sea.

The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost.

You gotta love livin', baby, 'cause dyin' is a pain in the ass.

Treasure each other in the recognition that we do not know how long we shall have each other.

I'm thankful for each and every day. We never know when time is up.