A rich man’s faults are covered with money, but a surgeon’s faults are covered with earth.
ABRAHAM VERGHESE
Not only our actions, but also our omissions, become our destiny.
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A rich man’s faults are covered with money, but a surgeon’s faults are covered with earth.
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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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This is my life, I thought…I have excised the cancer from my past, cut it out; I have crossed the high plains, descended into the desert, traversed oceans, and planted my feet in new soil
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She had always assumed that she would have years to sort out the meaning of life…
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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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How we treat the least of our brethren,… that’s the measure of this country.
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Wasn’t that the definition of home? Not where you are from, but where you are wanted
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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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I’m a great believer in geography being destiny.
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The only way to know where you are is by where you have just been.
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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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The rituals we use for marriage, baptism or inaugurating a president are as elaborate as they are because we associate the ritual with a major life passage, the crossing of a critical threshold, or in other words, with transformation.
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I was angry with myself because I still loved her, or at least I loved that dream of our togetherness. My feelings were unreasonable, irrational, and I couldn’t change them. That hurt.
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Ignorance was just as dynamic as knowledge, and it grew in the same proportion.
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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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For one who has an interest in the body as text, airports are treasure troves of information.
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