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I grew up and I found my purpose and it was to become a physician.

Abraham Verghese

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…guilt leads to righteous action, but rarely is it the right action.
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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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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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I’ve had my share of angels.
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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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Not only our actions, but also our omissions, become our destiny.
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My VIP patients often regret so many things on their deathbeds. They regret the bitterness they’ll leave in people’s hearts.
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Rituals, anthropologists will tell us, are about transformation.
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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.
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You live it forward, but understand it backward.
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When we cannot cure or save a life, our patients can at least feel cared for. It should be a basic human right.
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Be careful! Travel expands the mind and loosens the bowels.
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Still, it’s an apt metaphor for our profession. But there’s another kind of hole, and that is the wound that divides family.
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No blade can puncture the human heart like the well-chosen words of a spiteful son.
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