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Being the first born gives you great patience.

Abraham Verghese

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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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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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For one who has an interest in the body as text, airports are treasure troves of information.
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The Country Doctor Revisited captures the trials and tribulations of medicine, but also the satisfaction and the extraordinary rewards that come to those who embrace such a practice.
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We come unbidden into this life, and if we are lucky we find a purpose beyond starvation, misery, and early death which, lest we forget, is the common lot.
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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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If it does nothing else, allows one the opportunity to make prolonged observations about one’s fellow travelers.
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Tell us please, what treatment in an emergency is administered by ear?”….I met his gaze and I did not blink. “Words of comfort,” I said to my father.
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If we are fortunate, we ‘beat’ the cancer. If not, we are posthumously praised for having ‘succumbed after a long battle.’
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Your job is to preserve yourself, not to descend into their hole. It’s a relief when you arrive at this place, the point of absurdity, because then you are free, you owe them nothing.
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Geography is destiny.
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Not only our actions, but also our omissions, become our destiny.
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We know the average American physician interrupts their patient in 14 seconds.
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