As she bent over the child she realized that the tragedy of death had to do entirely with what was left unfulfilled.
ABRAHAM VERGHESEBeing the first born gives you great patience.
More Abraham Verghese Quotes
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I’m a great believer in geography being destiny.
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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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Yesterday misspent can’t be recall’d Vanity makes beauty contemptible Wisdom is more valuable than riches.
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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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In an emergency, what treatment is given by ear? Words of Comfort.
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My sense is that the wonderful technology that we have to visualize the inside of the body often leaves physicians feeling that the exam is a waste of time and so they may shortchange the ritual.
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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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Sandip Roy has broken new ground in this tale of the modern Indian family. A lovely read
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Pray tell us, what’s your favorite number?
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The process of learning huge volumes of information about disease, of learning a specialised language, can ironically make one lose sight of the patient one came to serve;.
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They realize the no money, no church service, no eulogy, no funeral procession no matter how elaborate, can remove the legacy of a mean spirit.
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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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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, too, is like that. You live it forward, but understand it backward. It is only when you stop and look to the rear that you see the corpse caught under your wheel.
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I grew up and I found my purpose and it was to become a physician.
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