The Country Doctor Revisited captures the trials and tribulations of medicine, but also the satisfaction and the extraordinary rewards that come to those who embrace such a practice.
ABRAHAM VERGHESE…guilt leads to righteous action, but rarely is it the right action.
More Abraham Verghese Quotes
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Sometimes this wound occurs at the moment of birth, sometimes it happens later. We are all fixing what is broken.
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Yesterday misspent can’t be recall’d Vanity makes beauty contemptible Wisdom is more valuable than riches.
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The only way to know where you are is by where you have just been.
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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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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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For one who has an interest in the body as text, airports are treasure troves of information.
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When you win, you often lose, that’s just a fact. There’s no currency to straighten a warped spirit, or open a closed heart, a selfish heart.
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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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I grew up and I found my purpose and it was to become a physician.
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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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Being the first born gives you great patience.
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What we are fighting isn’t godlessness–this is the most godly country on earth.
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Patients know in a heartbeat if they’re getting a clumsy exam.
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She had always assumed that she would have years to sort out the meaning of life…
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