In an emergency, what treatment is given by ear? Words of Comfort.
ABRAHAM VERGHESETo be around someone whose self-confidence is more than what our first glance led us to expect is seductive.
More Abraham Verghese Quotes
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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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The only way to know where you are is by where you have just been.
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My intent wasn’t to save the world as much as to heal myself. Few doctors will admit this, certainly not young ones, but subconsciously, in entering the profession
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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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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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What did it say when a man had fewer clothes than books?
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She had always assumed that she would have years to sort out the meaning of life…
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We know the average American physician interrupts their patient in 14 seconds.
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Ignorance was just as dynamic as knowledge, and it grew in the same proportion.
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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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The greatest sin is not finding it, ignoring what God made possible in you
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The bottom line: health care reform is about the patient, not about the physician.
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When a man is a mystery to himself you can hardly call him mysterious.
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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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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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