Sandip Roy has broken new ground in this tale of the modern Indian family. A lovely read
ABRAHAM VERGHESEWhen a man is a mystery to himself you can hardly call him mysterious.
More Abraham Verghese Quotes
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Though I am fascinated by knowledge, I am even more fascinated by wisdom.
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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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In an emergency, what treatment is given by ear? Words of Comfort.
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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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Empathy can be replaced by cynicism.
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I’ve always wanted to write a book like that, with the sense that you are contributing to the discourse in middle America,
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Ignorance was just as dynamic as knowledge, and it grew in the same proportion.
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She died chasing greatness and never saw it each time it was in her hand, so she kept seeking it elsewhere, but never understood the work required to get it or to keep it.
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Patients know in a heartbeat if they’re getting a clumsy exam.
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How we treat the least of our brethren,… that’s the measure of this country.
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Not only our actions, but also our omissions, become our destiny.
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A discourse that begins at a book club in a living room, but then spreads. That is meaningful to me.
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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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For one who has an interest in the body as text, airports are treasure troves of information.
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If ‘ecstasy’ meant the sudden intrusion of the sacred into the ordinary, then it had just happened to me.
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