I know that to write you have to have stories you want to tell. You have to keep your mind alive, and you have to work hard.
And I can imagine Farmer saying he doesn't care if no one else is willing to follow their example. He's still going to make these hikes, he'd insist,… - Tracy Kidder
And I can imagine Farmer saying he doesn't care if no one else is willing to follow their example. He's still going to make these hikes, he'd insist,…
- Tracy Kidder
Many people find it easy to imagine unseen webs of malevolent conspiracy in the world, and they are not always wrong. But there is also an innocence … - Tracy Kidder
Many people find it easy to imagine unseen webs of malevolent conspiracy in the world, and they are not always wrong. But there is also an innocence …
How could a just God permit great misery? The Haitian peasants answered with a proverb: "Bondye konn bay, men li pa konn separe," in literal translat… - Tracy Kidder
How could a just God permit great misery? The Haitian peasants answered with a proverb: "Bondye konn bay, men li pa konn separe," in literal translat…
You do the right thing even if it makes you feel bad. The purpose of life is not to be happy but to be worthy of happiness. - Tracy Kidder
You do the right thing even if it makes you feel bad. The purpose of life is not to be happy but to be worthy of happiness.
among a coward's weapons, cynicism is the nastiest of all - Tracy Kidder
among a coward's weapons, cynicism is the nastiest of all
Things were here before you and will be here after you're gone. The geographic features, especially, give you a sense of your own place in the world … - Tracy Kidder
Things were here before you and will be here after you're gone. The geographic features, especially, give you a sense of your own place in the world …
The only real nation is humanity - Tracy Kidder
The only real nation is humanity
Most teachers have little control over school policy or curriculum or choice of texts or special placement of students, but most have a great deal of… - Tracy Kidder
Most teachers have little control over school policy or curriculum or choice of texts or special placement of students, but most have a great deal of…
I usually write about ordinary people and ordinary things, but Paul Farmer is the least ordinary person I've ever met... He's the leader of a small g… - Tracy Kidder
I usually write about ordinary people and ordinary things, but Paul Farmer is the least ordinary person I've ever met... He's the leader of a small g…
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