Hotel Honolulu Quotes

“He was serene, fulfilled, the real thing, the person no one wants to hear about, a happy man.”
― Paul Theroux, Hotel Honolulu

“The saddest task for the ironist is having to tell the listener that it's a joke, because of course it is never a joke.”
― Paul Theroux, Hotel Honolulu

“The alternative for someone his age would have been the retirement home near Punahou School called Arcadia, which was ripe with old folks, and in its hushed air were the mingled smells of meatloaf, Jell-O, and mortality.”
― Paul Theroux, Hotel Honolulu