Literature is a beautiful way of keeping the imagination alive, of visiting worlds you would never have time to in your day-to-day life. It keeps you abreast of a wider spectrum of human activities.
ABRAHAM VERGHESEMake something beautiful of your life.
More Abraham Verghese Quotes
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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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We must believe that ministering to others will heal our woundedness. And it can. but it can also deepen the wound.
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There are moments as a teacher when I’m conscious that I’m trotting out the same exact phrase my professor used with me years ago.
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Not only our actions, but also our omissions, become our destiny.
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How we treat the least of our brethren,… that’s the measure of this country.
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According to Shiva, life is in the end about fixing holes. Shiva didn’t speak in metaphors. fixing holes is precisely what he did.
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Sandip Roy has broken new ground in this tale of the modern Indian family. A lovely read
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And then by the end of the third year they completely lose that ability, partly because we teach them the specialized language of medicine.
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We aren’t even fighting disease. Its poverty. Money for food, medicines… that helps.
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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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I think America is really in denial about the degree to which residents, particularly foreign medical graduates, man the county hospitals of this country, and but for their services, I’m not sure how exactly we could manage.
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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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We are all fixing what is broken. It is the task of a lifetime. We’ll leave much unfinished for the next generation.
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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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Not only our actions, but also our omissions, become our destiny.
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