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. -Tracy Kidder Learning
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 group of people who hope to cure a sick world, and I hope my book can help in some small way. -Tracy Kidder Hope
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 Happiness
