Ann Patchett
speaker
1,333 appearances
9 recordings
5 series
first heard May 2026
last heard 6 Sep
Ann Patchett’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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That he'd kidnap me and make me a vegetarian?
I was already a vegetarian.
I had to keep walking with him because he had my typewriter, and I was in love with my typewriter.
In those days, there were no screens updating travelers as to departure times, so I didn't know that my flight was two hours delayed until I reached the gate.
The Hare Krishna laid my burdens down and said he'd wait with me.
Would I have chosen to spend two hours in O'Hare with a Hare Krishna?
No.
But I lacked the courage to bolt.
I decided that, given the circumstances, the only thing I could do was listen.
The ability to really listen to another person is an essential skill for a novelist.
It's an essential skill for all human beings.
And what the Hare Krishna told me was one of the most remarkable things I had ever heard in my life.
He said, imagine
loving God so much that you would be willing to stand in an airport all day so that you could tell people about God's love.
All day long.
People rushed past him, even after he had forsaken his traditional saffron robes to mitigate first impressions.
They buried their faces in their newspapers as soon as he started to speak, and still he kept showing up because God's love was the greatest thing he had ever known, and he wanted to share it.
When I finally made it home to Nashville, I told this story to everyone.
In fact, I told it for years.
Two hours in an airport with a Hare Krishna.
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