He used to say we all had a compass inside of us and what we needed to do was to find it and to follow it. Auteur: Ann Patchett Copy Quote More from Ann Patchett “No one tells the truth to people they don't actually know, and if they do it is…” “If want a person wants is his life, he tends to be quiet about wanting anything…” “Catholicism is an obsessive-compulsive faith.” “No one should have to go back to the place where she had once been a girl.”