Abraham Verghese Quotes, Men Quotes, Mysterious Quotes

When a man is a mystery to himself you can hardly call him mysterious.

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Not only our actions, but also our omissions, become our destiny.

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A beautiful literary collection that tells of today's country doctor, somewhat removed from our romantic black-bag image of days gone by, but still fulfilling an essential need in caring for spread-out populations. 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. 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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The world turns on our every action, and our every omission, whether we know it or not.

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The most important innovation in medicine to come in the next 10 years: the power of the human hand.

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In an emergency, what treatment is given by ear? Words of Comfort.

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...guilt leads to righteous action, but rarely is it the right action.

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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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That's the funny thing about America--the blessed thing. As many people as there are to hold you back, there are angels whose humanity makes up for all the others. I've had my share of angels.

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In writing, as in medicine, there are no short cuts. You need stamina.

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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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Pray tell us, what's your favorite number?

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If 'ecstasy' meant the sudden intrusion of the sacred into the ordinary, then it had just happened to me.

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How we treat the least of our brethren,... that's the measure of this country.

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We're losing a ritual. We're losing a ritual that I believe is transformative, transcendent, and is at the heart of the patient-physician relationship.

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I was taking care of people my age who were dying. The constant feeling, hearing from them, was that life is transient and can end very quickly, so don't postpone your dreams.

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Though I am fascinated by knowledge, I am even more fascinated by wisdom.

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What treatment in an emergency is administered by ear?

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I always wondered if the good people who send us bibles really think that hookworm and hunger are healed by scripture? Our patients are illiterate.

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Pray tell us, what's your favorite number?"... "Shiva jumped up to the board, uninvited, and wrote 10,213,223"... "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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