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A discourse that begins at a book club in a living room, but then spreads. That is meaningful to me.

Abraham Verghese

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There are moments as a teacher when I’m conscious that I’m trotting out the same exact phrase my professor used with me years ago.
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A beautiful literary collection that tells of today’s country doctor, somewhat removed from our romantic black-bag image of days gone by, but still fulfilling an essential need in caring for spread-out populations.
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I love to read poetry but I haven’t written anything that I’m willing to show anybody.
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To be around someone whose self-confidence is more than what our first glance led us to expect is seductive.
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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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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.
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I always wondered if the good people who send us bibles really think that hookworm and hunger are healed by scripture? Our patients are illiterate.
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Another day in paradise’ was his inevitable pronouncement when he settled his head on his pillow. Now I understand what that meant: the uneventful day was a precious gift.
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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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Not only our actions, but also our omissions, become our destiny.
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Ignorance was just as dynamic as knowledge, and it grew in the same proportion.
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I’ve had my share of angels.
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As she bent over the child she realized that the tragedy of death had to do entirely with what was left unfulfilled.
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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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Pray tell us, what’s your favorite number?
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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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