I Am Grateful To Stacy Schiff First

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.

What Interests Me Is Trying To Catch The Reflection Of The Human Being On The Page. I'm Interested In How Ordinary People Live Their Lives

How 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.

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

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.