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Sometimes this wound occurs at the moment of birth, sometimes it happens later. We are all fixing what is broken.

Abraham Verghese

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Literature is a beautiful way of keeping the imagination alive, of visiting worlds you would never have time to in your day-to-day life. It keeps you abreast of a wider spectrum of human activities.
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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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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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Sandip Roy has broken new ground in this tale of the modern Indian family. A lovely read
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God will judge us, Mr. Harris, by–by what we did to relieve the suffering of our fellow human beings. I don’t think God cares what doctrine we embrace.
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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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According to Shiva, life is in the end about fixing holes. Shiva didn’t speak in metaphors. fixing holes is precisely what he did.
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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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Empathy can be replaced by cynicism.
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Not only our actions, but also our omissions, become our destiny.
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Though I am fascinated by knowledge, I am even more fascinated by wisdom.
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The most important innovation in medicine to come in the next 10 years: the power of the human hand.
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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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It’s an eerie feeling, as if my old mentor is not just in the room, but in my shoes, using me as his mouthpiece.
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We must believe that ministering to others will heal our woundedness. And it can. but it can also deepen the wound.
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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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