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If ‘ecstasy’ meant the sudden intrusion of the sacred into the ordinary, then it had just happened to me.

Abraham Verghese

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It was all I had, all I’ve ever had, the only currency, the only proof that I was alive. Memory.
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A discourse that begins at a book club in a living room, but then spreads. That is meaningful to me.
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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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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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Geography is destiny.
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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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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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The key to your happiness is to own your slippers, own who you are, own how you look, own your family, own the talents you have, and own the ones you don’t.
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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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Being the first born gives you great patience.
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The crookedness of the serpent is still straight enough to slide through the snake hole.
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In an emergency, what treatment is given by ear? Words of Comfort.
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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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