She felt the familiar calmness of an emergency, but she understood the falseness of that feeling, now that it was her life at stake.
ABRAHAM VERGHESEI’ve had my share of angels.
More Abraham Verghese Quotes
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In writing, as in medicine, there are no short cuts. You need stamina.
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She died chasing greatness and never saw it each time it was in her hand, so she kept seeking it elsewhere, but never understood the work required to get it or to keep it.
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My sense is that the wonderful technology that we have to visualize the inside of the body often leaves physicians feeling that the exam is a waste of time and so they may shortchange the ritual.
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She had always assumed that she would have years to sort out the meaning of life…
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What did it say when a man had fewer clothes than books?
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Not only our actions, but also our omissions, become our destiny.
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Another day in paradise’ was his inevitable pronouncement when he settled his head on his pillow. Now I understand what that meant: the uneventful day was a precious gift.
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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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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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Yesterday misspent can’t be recall’d Vanity makes beauty contemptible Wisdom is more valuable than riches.
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The greatest sin is not finding it, ignoring what God made possible in you
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When a man is a mystery to himself you can hardly call him mysterious.
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I had an uncle who, looking back, was probably not the most-educated physician around but he carried it off so well.
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Make something beautiful of your life.
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The crookedness of the serpent is still straight enough to slide through the snake hole.
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