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.
From Tracy Kidder
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.
I want my prose to be as clear as a pane of glass.
Continuity is one of the things I like about New England.
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.
I always want to write something better than the last book.
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.
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.
I do believe that enduring geological features are important, though I don't think I can be clear about exactly why.
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.
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