Is there any point in going across the world to eat something or buy something or watch people … - Paul Theroux

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You are free only when you care for nobody in the world. But if you stop caring, life isn't worth living.

Paul Theroux

Is there any point in going across the world to eat something or buy something or watch people squatting among their ruins? Travel is a state of mind. It has nothing to do with distance or the exotic. It is almost entirely an inner experience.

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Basically, what you find out is the limits of your patience and your strength and your capacity to adapt. You find that out in travel and being alone and being tested. So that's a great thing.

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