At times, with today’s advances in technology, medicine in rural America looks very like it does in America’s cities, but the variety of practices is enormous.
ABRAHAM VERGHESEThe greatest sin is not finding it, ignoring what God made possible in you
More Abraham Verghese Quotes
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I’m a great believer in geography being destiny.
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You live it forward, but understand it backward.
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Students undergo a conversion in the third year of medical school – not pre-clinical to clinical, but pre-cynical to cynical.
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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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How we treat the least of our brethren,… that’s the measure of this country.
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No blade can puncture the human heart like the well-chosen words of a spiteful son.
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The key to your happiness is to own your slippers, own who you are, own how you look, own your family, own the talents you have, and own the ones you don’t.
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The greatest sin is not finding it, ignoring what God made possible in you
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I’ve had my share of angels.
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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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Wasn’t that the definition of home? Not where you are from, but where you are wanted
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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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In writing, as in medicine, there are no short cuts. You need stamina.
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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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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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