Most of the time we're loved for what we can do rather than for who we are. Author: Ann Patchett Copy Quote More from Ann Patchett “For a man to know what he has when he had it, that is what makes him a fortunat…” “The secret is to keep adding voices, adding ideas, and moving things around as …” “But it is never about who has given what. That is not the way of gifts. This is…” “It would be incorrect in every sense to say that so near the end of his life he…”