181 Quotes by Tracy Kidder

I think there's a certain level of decency and honor.

Painting the landscape was, in a sense, another means of exerting control, of imposing order on the disorderly.

PIH combines idealism and brilliance to a degree I've never witnessed before in the public charity arena,

Suddenly the idea of being a writer seemed much more romantic-and a great way to impress girls.

At the time I began writing the book about Northampton, I had recently been in Haiti to do a story for the New Yorker. I don't think I would previously have been able to imagine a place as dreadful as Haiti, and when I came back I couldn't help but think about the advantages we have in this place.

Don't join America's collective amnesia for the suffering that seems so distant but in fact surrounds us, ... Don't forget about the forgotten people in this world.

The view from the summit of Mt. Holyoke has been one of the most famous landscapes in America. And yet, all these things are going on underneath.

The world doesn't make much sense to me generally. I don't feel like I'm good at that.

I wanted some way to invite readers in, to set the stage for the book - and I tried many different things.