At Mother Teresa's, where the care is so rudimentary, there is such kindness and hope that these people are somehow encouraged to be alive up until the very last moment.
--Mary Ellen Mark, 1980

I feel extraordinarily lucky to have witnessed a bit of her life. She had a presence of great strength, enormous focus and love. I don't think Mother Teresa even noticed me when I was there. She's not the kind of person who had an awareness of doing thing s for a photographer. She had a sole focus and a powerful mission in life. She created a community of women to care for the people she loved most, the poor and the sick. These people she cared for were just terribly ill but they adored her -- called her m other. She wanted them to get better, to go out and have their own lives.
--Mary Ellen Mark, September 5, 1997

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