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