The rituals we use for marriage, baptism or inaugurating a president are as elaborate as they are because we associate the ritual with a major life passage, the crossing of a critical threshold, or in other words, with transformation.
ABRAHAM VERGHESEWhen I wake to the gift of yet another sunrise my first thought is to rouse him and say, I owe you the sight of morning.
More Abraham Verghese Quotes
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Make something beautiful of your life.
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…guilt leads to righteous action, but rarely is it the right action.
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For one who has an interest in the body as text, airports are treasure troves of information.
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That’s the funny thing about America–the blessed thing. As many people as there are to hold you back, there are angels whose humanity makes up for all the others.
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Life for the Italians was what it was, no more and no less, an interlude between meals
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Not only our actions, but also our omissions, become our destiny.
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I was angry with myself because I still loved her, or at least I loved that dream of our togetherness. My feelings were unreasonable, irrational, and I couldn’t change them. That hurt.
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How we treat the least of our brethren,… that’s the measure of this country.
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Don’t Let Him Know is a rich, evocative and brilliantly told tale of family, of loyalties, and of love that must stay secret.
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We aren’t even fighting disease. Its poverty. Money for food, medicines… that helps.
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When I wake to the gift of yet another sunrise my first thought is to rouse him and say, I owe you the sight of morning.
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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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I’m a great believer in geography being destiny.
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There is a point when grief exceeds the human capacity to emote, and as a result one is strangely composed-
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The greatest sin is not finding it, ignoring what God made possible in you
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