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... "You may not see the ocean, but right now we are in the middle of the ocean, and we have to keep swimming.
Tracy KidderI do believe that enduring geological features are important, though I don't think I can be clear about exactly why.
Tracy KidderIf you live in the same small place long enough, something you don't like is bound to happen
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