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Winter is a season of recovery and preparation.

Paul Theroux

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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 don't want to be the honored guest. I want to be the invisible person.
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You go away for a long time and return a different person - you never come all the way back.
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