"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."
-Paul Theroux
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"It's only when you're alone that you realize where you are. You have nothing to fall back on except your own resources.“
-Paul Theroux
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