Paul TherouxThinkers

Death is an endless night so awful to contemplate that it can make us love life and value it with such passion that it may be the ultimate cause of all joy and all art.

A Family is like a religion when it is large and well-connected.

Fiction gives us a second chance that life denies us.

Friendship is also about liking a person for their failings, their weakness.

Friendship is also about mutual help, not about exploitation.

The Japanese is a people who has perfected good manners and made them indistinguishable from rudeness.

Japanese culture is responsible for having perfected good manners to the point that they are indistinguishable from rudeness.

London is a terrible place for drivers. The man that is tired of it is tired of looking for a parking space.

Manners is a thing which the Japanese have perfected to the point that they are indistinguishable from rudeness.

A Room is like a cast-off shoe, which holds the shape of its owner's unique foot.

A Tourist is distinguished from a traveler in that tourists don't know where they've been, travelers don't know where they're going.