An island is a fixed and finite piece of geography, and usually the whole place has been carved up and claimed.
Paul TherouxThe United States is a world unto itself. We have mountains, we have deserts, we have a river that equals the Yangtze River, that equals the Nile. We have the greatest cities in the world - among the greatest cities in the world. We have a large population. We have challenges. We have an indigenous population.
Paul TherouxMy house is a place I have spent many years improving to the point where I have no desire to leave it.
Paul Theroux