Tracy Kidder Quote
I stared at the faces of the dead students. You know, Zacharie, just looking at them, I can’t tell you which ones were Tutsis, which Hutus. Exactly! said Deo in a loud whisper. Evidently, one was supposed to whisper here. And neither could the killers! The killers couldn’t see the difference, too, whispered Zacharie. So they ask. Because they can’t tell. We are the same people.
Tracy Kidder
I stared at the faces of the dead students. You know, Zacharie, just looking at them, I can’t tell you which ones were Tutsis, which Hutus. Exactly! said Deo in a loud whisper. Evidently, one was supposed to whisper here. And neither could the killers! The killers couldn’t see the difference, too, whispered Zacharie. So they ask. Because they can’t tell. We are the same people.
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About Tracy Kidder
Kidder is considered a literary journalist because of the strong story line and personal voice in his writing.: 5 He has cited as his writing influences John McPhee, A. J. Liebling, and George Orwell.: 127–128 In a 1984 interview he said, "McPhee has been my model. He's the most elegant of all the journalists writing today, I think.": 7
Kidder wrote in a 1994 essay, "In fiction, believability may have nothing to do with reality or even plausibility. It has everything to do with those things in nonfiction. I think that the nonfiction writer's fundamental job is to make what is true believable."