“In Kiribati, the unimane and unaine (old women) are considered the guardians of the culture, a state of affairs that sets it apart from the United States, where the final arbiter for all things cultural is the adolescent male, which… — J. Maarten Troost Copy Share Image
“The longer we spent on Tarawa the more Sylvia and I came to realize that to live on Tarawa is to experience a visceral… — J. Maarten Troost Copy Share Image
“When it comes to naming things, vanity and flattery are dull motivations best suited for deciding on a child’s middle name. Much more interesting… — J. Maarten Troost Copy Share Image
Like many air travelers, I am aware that airplanes fly aided by capricious fairies and invisible strings. — J. Maarten Troost Copy Share Image
“Christopher Hitchens once said that he drinks “because it makes other people less boring.” — J. Maarten Troost Copy Share Image
“for what is life, a good life, but the accumulation of small pleasures?” — J. Maarten Troost Copy Share Image
I was simply restless, quite likely because of a dissatisfaction with the recent trajectory of my life, and if there is a better, more… — J. Maarten Troost Copy Share Image
“It was, to reiterate, to stress, to accentuate the point, to leave no doubt, hot.” — J. Maarten Troost Copy Share Image
“Look for a wave shaped like an A. An A . Hmm. I saw Zs and H's and Vs . I saw the Hindi alphabet and the Thai alphabet. I saw Arabic script . I saw no As . Finally I gave up, and chose the next wave that would have me, which turned out to be a poor move.… — J. Maarten Troost Copy Share
Personally I regard idling as a virtue, but civilized society holds otherwise. — J. Maarten Troost Copy Share Image
Like many highly educated people, I didn't have much in the way of actual skills. — J. Maarten Troost Copy Share Image
“It is an unfortunate reality for innate idlers that our modern world requires one to hold a job to maintain a sustainable existence. Idling,… — J. Maarten Troost Copy Share Image
“Seriously. There were three of them, all roughly in their thirties, and they spent their time traveling the world, putting together documentaries about the… — J. Maarten Troost Copy Share Image
