“Fogeydom is the last bastion of the bore and reminiscence is its anthem. It is futile to want the old days back, but that doesn't mean one should ignore the lessons of the visitable past.”

— Paul Theroux

Remember the Cicadas and the Stars? http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0102-63.htm, International Herald Tribune (January 2, 2007).

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American travel writer and novelist 1941

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