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We come unbidden into this life, and if we are lucky we find a purpose beyond starvation, misery, and early death which, lest we forget, is the common lot.

Abraham Verghese

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How we treat the least of our brethren,… that’s the measure of this country.
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Empathy can be replaced by cynicism.
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There are moments as a teacher when I’m conscious that I’m trotting out the same exact phrase my professor used with me years ago.
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When we cannot cure or save a life, our patients can at least feel cared for. It should be a basic human right.
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This is my life, I thought…I have excised the cancer from my past, cut it out; I have crossed the high plains, descended into the desert, traversed oceans, and planted my feet in new soil
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The only way to know where you are is by where you have just been.
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When you win, you often lose, that’s just a fact. There’s no currency to straighten a warped spirit, or open a closed heart, a selfish heart.
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Not only our actions, but also our omissions, become our destiny.
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Not only our actions, but also our omissions, become our destiny.
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If it does nothing else, allows one the opportunity to make prolonged observations about one’s fellow travelers.
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My VIP patients often regret so many things on their deathbeds. They regret the bitterness they’ll leave in people’s hearts.
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A beautiful literary collection that tells of today’s country doctor, somewhat removed from our romantic black-bag image of days gone by, but still fulfilling an essential need in caring for spread-out populations.
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Pray tell us, what’s your favorite number?”… “Shiva jumped up to the board, uninvited, and wrote 10,213,223″… “
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Patients know in a heartbeat if they’re getting a clumsy exam.
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And then by the end of the third year they completely lose that ability, partly because we teach them the specialized language of medicine.
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The world turns on our every action, and our every omission, whether we know it or not.
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