For one who has an interest in the body as text, airports are treasure troves of information.
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More Abraham Verghese Quotes
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Ignorance was just as dynamic as knowledge, and it grew in the same proportion.
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Not only our actions, but also our omissions, become our destiny.
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Make something beautiful of your life.
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You are an instrument of God. Don’t leave the instrument sitting in its case, my son. Play! Leave no part of your instrument unexplored. .
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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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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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No blade can puncture the human heart like the well-chosen words of a spiteful son.
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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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Why settle for ‘Three Blind Mice’ when you can can play the ‘Gloria’? No, not Bach’s ‘Gloria.’ Yours! Your ‘Gloria’ lives within you.
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I believe in black holes. I believe that as the universe empties into nothingness, past and future will smack together in the last swirl around the drain.
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I think we can see how blessed we are in America to have access to the kind of health care we do if we are insured, and even if uninsured, how there is a safety net.
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Don’t Let Him Know is a rich, evocative and brilliantly told tale of family, of loyalties, and of love that must stay secret.
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I’ve had my share of angels.
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…guilt leads to righteous action, but rarely is it the right action.
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When I wake to the gift of yet another sunrise my first thought is to rouse him and say, I owe you the sight of morning.
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