I've Gotta Keep Life And

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.

Public Education Rests Precariously On The Skill And Virtue Of The People At The Bottom Of The Institutional Pyramid.

I Never Planned On Doing A Book About Paul Farmer Or His Organization. I Met Him In Haiti When I Was On A Magazine Assignment. It's Almost Like His Story Sort Of Fell In My Lap.

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.

I Always Want To Write Something Better Than The Last Book.