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Paul Theroux

"Hawaii is not a state of mind, but a state of grace."

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"All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse, he may learn to enjoy it."

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"If interstellar travel is as time- or energy- demanding as the above figures indicate, it is far from obvious what the motive for colonization might be."

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"I don't travel to learn about the world. I travel for the joy of traveling."

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