I believe in black holes. I believe that as the universe empties into nothingness, past and future will smack together in the last swirl around the drain.
ABRAHAM VERGHESEGeography is destiny.
More Abraham Verghese Quotes
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It’s an eerie feeling, as if my old mentor is not just in the room, but in my shoes, using me as his mouthpiece.
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We come unbidden into this life, and if we are lucky we find a purpose beyond starvation, misery, and early death which, lest we forget, is the common lot.
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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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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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The crookedness of the serpent is still straight enough to slide through the snake hole.
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The Country Doctor Revisited captures the trials and tribulations of medicine, but also the satisfaction and the extraordinary rewards that come to those who embrace such a practice.
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There is a point when grief exceeds the human capacity to emote, and as a result one is strangely composed-
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No blade can puncture the human heart like the well-chosen words of a spiteful son.
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For one who has an interest in the body as text, airports are treasure troves of information.
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Being the first born gives you great patience.
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I grew up and I found my purpose and it was to become a physician.
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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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Geography is destiny.
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I think America is really in denial about the degree to which residents, particularly foreign medical graduates, man the county hospitals of this country, and but for their services, I’m not sure how exactly we could manage.
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A rich man’s faults are covered with money, but a surgeon’s faults are covered with earth.
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