What I like about non-fiction is that it covers such a huge territory. The best non-fiction is also creative
Tracy KidderPublic education rests precariously on the skill and virtue of the people at the bottom of the institutional pyramid.
Tracy KidderThe goofiness of radicals thinking they have to dress in Guatemalan peasant clothes. The poor don't want you to look like them. They want you to dress in a suit and go get them food and water. Comma.
Tracy KidderI do believe that enduring geological features are important, though I don't think I can be clear about exactly why.
Tracy KidderHow could a just God permit great misery? The Haitian peasants answered with a proverb: "Bondye konn bay, men li pa konn separe," in literal translation, "God gives but doesn't share." This meant... God gives us humans everything we need to flourish, but he's not the one who's supposed to divvy up the loot. That charge was laid upon us.
Tracy Kidder