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.
ABRAHAM VERGHESEI’ve had my share of angels.
More Abraham Verghese Quotes
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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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What treatment in an emergency is administered by ear?
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We have the sense that medical students come to medicine with a great capacity to understand the suffering of patients.
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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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You live it forward, but understand it backward.
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I still find the best way to understand a hospitalized patient is not by staring at the computer screen but by going to see the patient; it’s only at the bedside that I can figure out what is important.
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We know the average American physician interrupts their patient in 14 seconds.
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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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For one who has an interest in the body as text, airports are treasure troves of information.
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And pray, why would this number interest us?” “It is the only number that describes itself when you read it, ‘One zero, two ones, three twos, two threes’.
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What we are fighting isn’t godlessness–this is the most godly country on earth.
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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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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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Though I am fascinated by knowledge, I am even more fascinated by wisdom.
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Why settle for ‘Three Blind Mice’ when you can can play the ‘Gloria’? No, not Bach’s ‘Gloria.’ Yours! Your ‘Gloria’ lives within you.
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