Abraham Verghese Quotes, Medicine Quotes, Feelings Quotes

She felt the familiar calmness of an emergency, but she understood the falseness of that feeling, now that it was her life at stake.

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She died chasing greatness and never saw it each time it was in her hand, so she kept seeking it elsewhere, but never understood the work required to get it or to keep it.

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

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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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Your job is to preserve yourself, not to descend into their hole. It's a relief when you arrive at this place, the point of absurdity, because then you are free, you owe them nothing.

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The crookedness of the serpent is still straight enough to slide through the snake hole.

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She had always assumed that she would have years to sort out the meaning of life... 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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Being the first born gives you great patience.

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To be around someone whose self-confidence is more than what our first glance led us to expect is seductive.

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The flip side of suicide is that it leaves a lingering question in the minds of the people who survived. Its like a cancer thats metastasized. The suicide is the cancer and the metastasis is all these people saying, Why? Why? Why?

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

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What treatment in an emergency is administered by ear?

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He had so many ways of climbing into the tree house in his head, escaping the madness below, and pulling the ladder up behind him.

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

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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.

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Wasn't that the definition of home? Not where you are from, but where you are wanted

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Another day in paradise' was his inevitable pronouncement when he settled his head on his pillow. Now I understand what that meant: the uneventful day was a precious gift.

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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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The key to your happiness is to own your slippers, own who you are, own how you look, own your family, own the talents you have, and own the ones you don't. If you keep saying your slippers aren't yours, then you'll die searching, you'll die bitter, always feeling you were promised more. Not only our actions, but also our omissions, become our destiny.

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