Tracy Kidder
I've gotta keep life and computers separate, or else I'm gonna go mad.Collection: Mad
I am grateful to Stacy Schiff first of all because she can write a sentence-because she offers us her scholarship with wit, clarity, and grace. Once again, she has done what only the best writers can do: she has made the world new, again.Collection: Grateful
The ocean doesn't care about you. It makes your boat feel tiny. The oceans are great promoters of religion, or at least of humility-but not in everyone.Collection: Ocean
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 usCollection: Giving
If you live in the same small place long enough, something you don't like is bound to happenCollection: Long
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 encyclopediaCollection: Writing
When I select a topic, it's usually a commitment of two to three years of my lifeCollection: Commitment
The combination of domesticity and wildness - that's a deep expressionCollection: Expression
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 placeCollection: Way