Paradise was always over there, a day’s sail away. But it’s a funny thing, escapism. You can go far and wide and you can keep moving on and on through places and years, but you never escape your own life. I, finally, knew where my life belonged. Home.

~ J. Maarten Troost

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Like many highly educated people, I didn't have much in the way of actual skills.

~ J. Maarten Troost

J. Maarten Troost Education Skills

Don't get me wrong. Sacramento is a lovely place, particularly for those with a fondness for methamphetamines. For the meth-addled, Sacramento had conveniently placed a Greyhound bus station just yards from the statehouse where Austria's finest was sworn in as governor of the great state of California.

~ J. Maarten Troost

J. Maarten Troost Funny Meth Sacramento

The gift of sobriety is clarity and a sense of connection - and travel only enhances that.

~ J. Maarten Troost

J. Maarten Troost Gift Clarity Connection