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.
ABRAHAM VERGHESEYou are an instrument of God. Don’t leave the instrument sitting in its case, my son. Play! Leave no part of your instrument unexplored. .
More Abraham Verghese Quotes
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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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I’m a great believer in geography being destiny.
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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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There is that lovely feeling of one reader telling another, ‘You must read this.’
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I joke, but I only half joke, that if you come to one of our hospitals missing a limb, no one will believe you till they get a CAT scan, MRI, or orthopedic consult.
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Being the first born gives you great patience.
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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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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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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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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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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.
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What did it say when a man had fewer clothes than books?
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Though I am fascinated by knowledge, I am even more fascinated by wisdom.
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Geography is destiny.
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