“The longer we spent on Tarawa the more Sylvia and I came to realize that to live on Tarawa is to experience… — J. Maarten Troost Bipolar disorder 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… — J. Maarten Troost Children Copy Share Image
Like many air travelers, I am aware that airplanes fly aided by capricious fairies and invisible strings. — J. Maarten Troost Air Copy Share Image
“Christopher Hitchens once said that he drinks “because it makes other people less boring.” — J. Maarten Troost Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“for what is life, a good life, but the accumulation of small pleasures?” — J. Maarten Troost Good life 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… — J. Maarten Troost Compelling 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… — J. Maarten Troost Adrenaline rush Copy Share Image
Personally I regard idling as a virtue, but civilized society holds otherwise. — J. Maarten Troost Character Copy Share Image
Like many highly educated people, I didn't have much in the way of actual skills. — J. Maarten Troost Educated 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… — J. Maarten Troost Life 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… — J. Maarten Troost Career Copy Share Image
“I made arrangements with Bitaki, a teammate on the soccer team I played with, to go fishing with his brothers, who typically… — J. Maarten Troost Every day Copy Share Image
“i'm off to an island nation where formal wear consists of a leaf tired around a penis.” — J. Maarten Troost Formal Wear Copy Share Image
It is often said that Americans have no sense of history. Ask a college student who Jimmy Carter was and they will… — J. Maarten Troost Carter Copy Share Image
I had grown accustomed to life being interesting and adventure ridden and, rather childishly, I refused to believe that this must necessarily… — J. Maarten Troost Adventure Copy Share Image
Paradise was always over there, a day’s sail away. But it’s a funny thing, escapism. You can go far and wide and… — J. Maarten Troost Escapism Copy Share Image
“Nevertheless, while I may not have completely understood what Holy Communion was all about, Catholicism did allow me to see the nuances… — J. Maarten Troost Bad thing Copy Share Image
“Don't get me wrong. Sacramento is a lovely place, particularly for those with a fondness for methamphetamines. For the meth-addled, Sacramento had… — J. Maarten Troost Funny Copy Share Image
No one who claims this to be a small world has ever flown across the Pacific. — J. Maarten Troost Claims Copy Share Image
“if you’re looking to see what the government of Kiribati finally decides to do, when do they wave the flag and say… — J. Maarten Troost Politics Copy Share Image
“In Kiribati, the unimane and unaine (old women) are considered the guardians of the culture, a state of affairs that sets it… — J. Maarten Troost Culture Copy Share Image
Bwenawa brought my attention to two wooden planks raised about four feet above the ground. On the ledges were lagoon fish sliced… — J. Maarten Troost Attention Copy Share Image
It was as if the sensory overload that is American life had somehow led to sensory deprivation, a gilded weariness, where everything… — J. Maarten Troost American life Copy Share Image
“Fortunately, due to a terrible misunderstanding, I soon found myself working as a consultant to the World Bank. I am not exactly… — J. Maarten Troost Third world Copy Share Image
