Theroux Family Quotes & Sayings

Shallow brooks murmur most, deep and silent slide away. — Philip Sidney

There's a lot of mediocrity being celebrated, and a lot of wonderful stuff being ignored or discouraged. — Sean Penn

When you hear the call to happiness, it is your responsibility to answer it. — Britt Reints

Whether happiness or unhappiness, freedom or slavery, in short whether good or evil results from an improved environment depends largely upon how the change has been brought about, upon the methods by which the physical results have been reached, and in what spirit and for what purpose the fruits of that change are used. Because a higher standard of living, a greater productiveness and a command over nature are not good in and of themselves does not mean that we cannot make good of them, that they cannot be a source of inner strength. — David Lilienthal

So long as human beings stay human, death and life are the same thing. — George Orwell

I was raised in a large family. The first reason for my travel was to get away from my family. I knew that I wanted to be a writer, but I didn't want people to ask me questions about it. — Paul Theroux