You Do The Right Thing Even If

Being A Professional Writer Is Not An Easy Way To Make A Living.

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.

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Many People Find It Easy To Imagine Unseen Webs Of Malevolent Conspiracy In The World, And They Are Not Always Wrong. But There Is Also An Innocence That Conspires To Hold Humanity Together, And It Is Made Of People Who Can Never Fully Know The Good That They Have Done.

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.