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.
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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.Tracy Kidder
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 place.
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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.
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You do the right thing even if it makes you feel bad. The purpose of life is not to be happy but to be worthy of happiness.
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I wrote a novel about the combat experiences I didn't have in Vietnam.
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When we see a bag lady ... on the street, in that moment in our lives we try to get as far away from that person as possible, ... But the truth is, that person is me. That person is all of us, to a certain extent.
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