Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder
"We started back. I slipped and slid down the paths behind Farmer.
“Some people would argue this wasn’t worth a five-hour walk,” he said over his shoulder. “But you can never invest too much in making sure this stuff works.”
“Sure,” I said. “But some people would ask, ‘How can you expect others to replicate what you’re doing here?’ What would be your answer to that?”
He turned back and, smiling sweetly, said, “Fuck you.”
Then, in a stentorian voice, he corrected himself: “No. I would say, ‘The objective is to inculcate in the doctors and nurses the spirit to dedicate themselves to the patients, and especially to having an outcome-oriented view of tb.’” He was grinning, his face alight. He looked very young just then. “In other words, ‘Fuck you.’”
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