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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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No blade can puncture the human heart like the well-chosen words of a spiteful son.
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By visiting patients in their home, by helping them come to terms with their illness, I could heal when I could not cure.
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The greatest sin is not finding it, ignoring what God made possible in you
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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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If seems almost un-American to enjoy delays, and perhaps enjoy is not the best word, but certainly a delayed flight
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I think we learn from medicine everywhere that it is, at its heart, a human endeavor, requiring good science but also a limitless curiosity and interest in your fellow human being, and that the physician-patient relationship is key; all else follows from it.
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You are an instrument of God. Don’t leave the instrument sitting in its case, my son. Play! Leave no part of your instrument unexplored. .
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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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My intent wasn’t to save the world as much as to heal myself. Few doctors will admit this, certainly not young ones, but subconsciously, in entering the profession
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I love to read poetry but I haven’t written anything that I’m willing to show anybody.
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Not only our actions, but also our omissions, become our destiny.
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If you keep saying your slippers aren’t yours, then you’ll die searching, you’ll die bitter, always feeling you were promised more.
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Another day in paradise’ was his inevitable pronouncement when he settled his head on his pillow. Now I understand what that meant: the uneventful day was a precious gift.
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What we need in medical schools is not to teach empathy, as much as to preserve it.
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