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Winter is a season of recovery and preparation.

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Paul Theroux
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: April 10
Film Writer
Novelist
Writer
Medford
Massachusetts
Paul Edward Theroux
Recovery
Season
Preparation
Seasons
Winter

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I sought trains I found passengers.
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When I was in the Peace Corps I never made a phone call. I was in Central Africa I didn't make a phone call for two years. I was in Uganda for another four years and I didn't make a phone call. So for six years I didn't make a phone call, but I wrote letters, I wrote short stories, I wrote books.
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I always found myself in the company of Australians, who were like a reminder that I'd touched bottom.
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