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It was all I had, all I’ve ever had, the only currency, the only proof that I was alive. Memory.

Abraham Verghese

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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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…guilt leads to righteous action, but rarely is it the right action.
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If it does nothing else, allows one the opportunity to make prolonged observations about one’s fellow travelers.
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Allow Fellow Make Nothing Observation Opportunity Prolonged Traveler
He had so many ways of climbing into the tree house in his head, escaping the madness below, and pulling the ladder up behind him.
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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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At times, with today’s advances in technology, medicine in rural America looks very like it does in America’s cities, but the variety of practices is enormous.
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Be careful! Travel expands the mind and loosens the bowels.
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And pray, why would this number interest us?” “It is the only number that describes itself when you read it, ‘One zero, two ones, three twos, two threes’.
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