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.
ABRAHAM VERGHESEI grew up and I found my purpose and it was to become a physician.
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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For one who has an interest in the body as text, airports are treasure troves of information.
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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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We are all fixing what is broken. It is the task of a lifetime. We’ll leave much unfinished for the next generation.
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Why is my leg broken on the ski trip and not anyone else’s?’ And I think that medicine has done a terrible job of addressing that spiritual violation.
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Make something beautiful of your life.
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No blade can puncture the human heart like the well-chosen words of a spiteful son.
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I have been the apprentice, paid my dues, and have just become master of my ship. But when I look down, why do I see the ancient, tarred, mud-stained slippers that I buried at the start of the journey still stuck to my feet?
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What we need in medical schools is not to teach empathy, as much as to preserve it.
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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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I was taking care of people my age who were dying. The constant feeling, hearing from them, was that life is transient and can end very quickly, so don’t postpone your dreams.
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I’ve had my share of angels.
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No matter what ailed you, you went to see the barber surgeon who wound up cupping you, bleeding you, purging you.
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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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