She had always assumed that she would have years to sort out the meaning of life…
ABRAHAM VERGHESEWe know the average American physician interrupts their patient in 14 seconds.
More Abraham Verghese Quotes
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Not only our actions, but also our omissions, become our destiny.
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I’ve had my share of angels.
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If seems almost un-American to enjoy delays, and perhaps enjoy is not the best word, but certainly a delayed flight
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Be careful! Travel expands the mind and loosens the bowels.
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We have the sense that medical students come to medicine with a great capacity to understand the suffering of patients.
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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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What we need in medical schools is not to teach empathy, as much as to preserve it.
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I’ve always wanted to write a book like that, with the sense that you are contributing to the discourse in middle America,
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You are an instrument of God. Don’t leave the instrument sitting in its case, my son. Play! Leave no part of your instrument unexplored. .
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If ‘ecstasy’ meant the sudden intrusion of the sacred into the ordinary, then it had just happened to me.
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To be around someone whose self-confidence is more than what our first glance led us to expect is seductive.
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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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By visiting patients in their home, by helping them come to terms with their illness, I could heal when I could not cure.
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How we treat the least of our brethren,… that’s the measure of this country.
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We know the average American physician interrupts their patient in 14 seconds.
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