Paul Theroux Quotes

Discovery is the journey; insight is the destination.

I learned a lot I wouldn't have learned roaming the streets of Dallas.

When I began going to school and learned to read, I encountered stories of other people and other lands.

Every single journey that I've embarked on, I've learned something new.

Libraries are where we learn that we can live our lives through books.

I've always wanted to broaden my horizons.

I like to discover new things.

My whole life has been one of seeking experience.

I write about what I know; and I write about things that are new to me, and that I didn't know before.

With time, many of the facts I learned were forgotten but I never lost the excitement of discovery.

Traveling is one expression of the desire to cross boundaries.

I wanted to explore the world and explore life. I wanted to have more to life than Flint.

You learn a lot from traveling around.

Every day's a learning experience.

Every outing is a learning experience.

Most of us fully expect that we're going to learn things we didn't know about.

Voyage, travel, and change of place impart vigor

Keep reading. It's one of the most marvelous adventures that anyone can have.

Some journeys take us far from home. Some adventures lead us to our destiny.

The man who seeks to educate himself must first read and then travel in order to correct what he has learned.

where a man feels at home, outside of where he’s born, is where he’s meant to go.

It is very risky. But each time a child opens a book, he pushes open the gate that separates him from Elsewhere.

There is nothing more thrilling than arriving in a new place on your own and feeling the sense of possibility and excitement that brings with it.

Books mean all possibilities. They mean moving out of yourself, losing yourself, dying of thirst and living to your full. They mean everything.