Tracy Kidder Quotations

Paul Farmer has helped to build amazing health care system in one of the poorest areas of Haiti. He founded Partners in Health, which serves the destitute and the sick in many parts of the world from Haiti to Boston and from Russia to Peru.

The hardest thing was learning to write. I was 13, and the only writing I had done was for Social Studies. It consisted of copying passages right out of the encyclopedia

When I select a topic, it's usually a commitment of two to three years of my life

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 and in time

The combination of domesticity and wildness - that's a deep expression

In a very basic way, a prominent landmark such as Mt. Holyoke tells you where you are. They let you know that you're not the first person in a place

I'm going to a commune in Vermont and will deal with no unit of time shorter than a season.

I've gotta keep life and computers separate, or else I'm gonna go mad.

What interests me is trying to catch the reflection of the human being on the page. I'm interested in how ordinary people live their lives

People say you cant teach writing, but I think thats nonsense.