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 you to dress in a suit and go get them food and water. Comma.

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

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

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 for two families of patients, you're saying that their lives matter less than some others', and the idea that some lives matter less is the root of all that's wrong with the world.

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

... "You may not see the ocean, but right now we are in the middle of the ocean, and we have to keep swimming.