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Life for the Italians was what it was, no more and no less, an interlude between meals

Abraham Verghese

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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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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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Yesterday misspent can’t be recall’d Vanity makes beauty contemptible Wisdom is more valuable than riches.
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When I use the word ‘healing’, by that I mean that every disease has a physical element that we’re very good at handling, but there’s always a sense of the violation. ‘Why me?’ ‘
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You live it forward, but understand it backward.
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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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No matter what ailed you, you went to see the barber surgeon who wound up cupping you, bleeding you, purging you.
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Sandip Roy has broken new ground in this tale of the modern Indian family. A lovely read
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Ignorance was just as dynamic as knowledge, and it grew in the same proportion.
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As she bent over the child she realized that the tragedy of death had to do entirely with what was left unfulfilled.
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If you keep saying your slippers aren’t yours, then you’ll die searching, you’ll die bitter, always feeling you were promised more.
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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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We are all fixing what is broken. It is the task of a lifetime. We’ll leave much unfinished for the next generation.
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I think we can see how blessed we are in America to have access to the kind of health care we do if we are insured, and even if uninsured, how there is a safety net.
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Empathy can be replaced by cynicism.
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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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