Pray tell us, what’s your favorite number?”… “Shiva jumped up to the board, uninvited, and wrote 10,213,223″… “ ABRAHAM VERGHESE BoardDigitJumpedNumberShivaTwoUninvitedWroteZero
Life for the Italians was what it was, no more and no less, an interlude between meals ABRAHAM VERGHESE InterludeLessMore
She had always assumed that she would have years to sort out the meaning of life… ABRAHAM VERGHESE AssumedBentChildMeaningOverRealizedSortYear
I grew up and I found my purpose and it was to become a physician. ABRAHAM VERGHESE BecomeFoundGrewPhysicianUp
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. ABRAHAM VERGHESE ChurchEulogyLegacyProcession
A discourse that begins at a book club in a living room, but then spreads. That is meaningful to me. ABRAHAM VERGHESE BeginBooClubDiscourseLivingMeaningful
Yesterday misspent can’t be recall’d Vanity makes beauty contemptible Wisdom is more valuable than riches. ABRAHAM VERGHESE ContemptibleMisspentValuableVanityYesterday
No matter what ailed you, you went to see the barber surgeon who wound up cupping you, bleeding you, purging you. ABRAHAM VERGHESE BarberBleedingCuppingPurgingSurgeonTeeth
I was angry with myself because I still loved her, or at least I loved that dream of our togetherness. My feelings were unreasonable, irrational, and I couldn’t change them. That hurt. ABRAHAM VERGHESE LovedUnreasonable
