When strangers ask me where I was going I often replied, ‘Nowhere.’ Vagueness can become habit and travel a form of idleness.

Paul Theroux

When strangers ask me where I was going I often replied, 'Nowhere.' Vagueness can become habit and travel a form of idleness. - Paul Theroux
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Paul Theroux

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