Travels Quotes

“If Moroccans are dying in Indo-China, if it rains too much or not enough, if there is no work, if one’s wife is sick and penicillin is expensive, or if the French are still in Morocco, it is all the fault of America. She could change everything if she chose, but she does nothing because she does not love the Moslems.”
― Paul Bowles, Travels: Collected Writings, 1950-1993 – The Acclaimed Essays of Paul Bowles on Expatriate Life in Morocco, Tangier, and Paris

“It is a dangerous discovery, because they are going to disregard many vital things in their haste to catch up.”
― Paul Bowles, Travels: Collected Writings, 1950-1993 – The Acclaimed Essays of Paul Bowles on Expatriate Life in Morocco, Tangier, and Paris

“According to popular belief, the feebler the individual consciousness, the better equipped it is to serve as an instrument through which God can speak.”
― Paul Bowles, Travels: Collected Writings, 1950-1993 – The Acclaimed Essays of Paul Bowles on Expatriate Life in Morocco, Tangier, and Paris

“thing, the unthinking laughter of the secure.”
― Paul Bowles, Travels: Collected Writings, 1950-1993 – The Acclaimed Essays of Paul Bowles on Expatriate Life in Morocco, Tangier, and Paris