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…guilt leads to righteous action, but rarely is it the right action.

Abraham Verghese

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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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The world turns on our every action, and our every omission, whether we know it or not.
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As she bent over the child she realized that the tragedy of death had to do entirely with what was left unfulfilled.
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