If you live in the same small place long enough, something you don't like is bound to happen — Tracy Kidder Copy Share Image
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, because if you say that seven hours is too long to walk… — Tracy Kidder Copy Share Image
“He sniffed, and said as others had before him and others no doubt would again, "I have learned never to say, 'Never again.” — Tracy Kidder Copy Share Image
Don't worry about being worried. You're heading out on an adventure and you can always change your mind along the way and try something… — Tracy Kidder Copy Share Image
I do believe that enduring geological features are important, though I don't think I can be clear about exactly why. — Tracy Kidder Copy Share Image
“In the process Paul laid out a comprehensive theory of poverty, of a world designed by the elites of all nations to serve their… — Tracy Kidder Copy Share Image
“Farmer liked to tell his Harvard students that to be a good clinician you must never let a patient know that you have problems… — Tracy Kidder Copy Share Image
What I like about non-fiction is that it covers such a huge territory. The best non-fiction is also creative — Tracy Kidder Copy Share Image
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… — Tracy Kidder Copy Share Image
I do believe in God. I think God has given so much power to people, and intelligence, and said, 'Well, you are on your… — Tracy Kidder Copy Share Image
The goofiness of radicals thinking they have to dress in Guatemalan peasant clothes. The poor don't want you to look like them. They want… — Tracy Kidder Copy Share Image
That's when I feel most alive, he told me once on an airplane, when I'm helping people. — Tracy Kidder Copy Share Image
