“Tourists don’t know where they’ve been, travelers don’t know where they’re going.”
""You define a good flight by negatives: you didn’t get hijacked, you didn’t crash, you didn’t throw up, you weren’t late, you weren’t nauseated by the food. So you are grateful.""
- Paul Theroux
Awareness
"Winter is a season of recovery and preparation."
- Paul Theroux
Personal Growth
"I cannot make my days longer, so I strive to make them better."
- Paul Theroux
Personal Growth
"Cooking requires confident guesswork and improvisation– experimentation and substitution, dealing with failure and uncertainty in a creative way."
- Paul Theroux
Creativity
"Cooking requires confident guesswork and improvisation—experimentation and substitution, dealing with failure and uncertainty in a creative way."
- Paul Theroux
Learning from Mistakes
"We cannot solve problems with the kind of thinking we employed when we came up with them."
- Albert Einstein
Insight
"Vision is not what your eyes see, but an image that your brain comprehends."
- Touko Aozaki
Insight
"The difference between genius and stupidity is; genius has its limits."
- Albert Einstein
Insight
"Someone asked me, if I were stranded on a desert island what book would I bring: ‘How to Build a Boat.’"
- Steven Wright
Insight
"The shell of an oyster only hides the pearl inside."
- Jack
Insight