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Sometimes a journey arises out of hope and instinct, the heady conviction, as your finger travels along the map: Yes, here and here... and here. These are the nerve-ends of the world...

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I imagine integrity as a quality of light: a kind of grey translucence, sunless. It is not at all beautiful. But it makes other lights seem disfiguring.

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Rudeness in old men is considered a sign of vitality. In fact it is quite the opposite. It springs from shrunken sympathies.

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Sometimes journeys begin long before their first step is taken

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The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).
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Colin Thubron

Colin Thubron

Born: June 14, 1939 (age 85)
Bio: Colin Gerald Dryden Thubron is a British travel writer and novelist.
Known for:
  1. Shadow of the Silk Road (2006)
  2. Among the Russians (1983)
  3. In Siberia (1999)
  4. Mirror to Damascus (1967)
  5. Behind the Wall: A Journey Through China (1987)

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