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Abraham Verghese quotes: When a man is a mystery to himself you can hardly call him mysterious. When a man is a mystery to himself you can hardly call him mysterious.
Abraham Verghese quotes: There wasn't any point in dwelling in the pain of the past, not when the future could hold suck pleasure. There wasn't any point in dwelling in the pain of the past, not when the future could hold suck pleasure.
Abraham Verghese quotes: One operates in the now. One operates in the now.
Abraham Verghese quotes: It was all I had, all I've ever had, the only currency, the only proof that I was alive. Memory. p 380 It was all I had, all I've ever had, the only currency, the only proof that I was alive.
Memory. p 380
Abraham Verghese quotes: The crookedness of the serpent is still straight enough to slide through the snake hole. The crookedness of the serpent is still straight enough to slide through the snake hole.
Abraham Verghese quotes: No money, no church service, no eulogy,no funeral procession no matter how elaborate, can remove the legacy of a mean spirit. p 354 No money, no church service, no eulogy,no funeral procession no matter how elaborate, can remove the legacy of a mean spirit. p 354
Abraham Verghese quotes: Sometimes, if you think you're sick, you will be. Sometimes, if you think you're sick, you will be.
Abraham Verghese quotes: In writing, as in medicine, there are no short cuts. You need stamina. In writing, as in medicine, there are no short cuts. You need stamina.
Abraham Verghese quotes: It was the very moment when I thought, At last, she is going to stay, but in fact it was her good-bye. It was the very moment when I thought, At last, she is going to stay, but in fact it was her good-bye.
Abraham Verghese quotes: it the bloody-brinjal-and-bugger-all. Which is it the bloody-brinjal-and-bugger-all. Which is
Abraham Verghese quotes: In working myself ragged, I felt integrated, I felt American, and I rarely had time to think of home. In working myself ragged, I felt integrated, I felt American, and I rarely had time to think of home.
Abraham Verghese quotes: A fool with a tool is still a fool. A fool with a tool is still a fool.
Abraham Verghese quotes: 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 ... 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 ...
Abraham Verghese quotes: And there will be no more interruptions and you will be staying for dessert, coffee, and cigars. And there will be no more interruptions and you will be staying for dessert, coffee, and cigars.
Abraham Verghese quotes: Wasn't that the definition of home? Not where you are from, but where you are wanted Wasn't that the definition of home? Not where you are from, but where you are wanted
Abraham Verghese quotes: How beautiful and horrible life is, Hema thought; too horrible to simply call tragic. Life is worse than tragic. p 108 How beautiful and horrible life is, Hema thought; too horrible to simply call tragic. Life is worse than tragic. p 108
Abraham Verghese quotes: Do the right thing, put up with unfairness, selfishness, stay true to yourself ... one day it all works out. Do the right thing, put up with unfairness, selfishness, stay true to yourself ... one day it all works out.
Abraham Verghese quotes: My advice for writers is to get a good day job. It takes the pressure off writing if you have a job that pays the bills. My advice for writers is to get a good day job. It takes the pressure off writing if you have a job that pays the bills.
Abraham Verghese quotes: Doubt is a first cousin to faith, Ghosh. To have faith, you have to suspend your disbelief. Doubt is a first cousin to faith, Ghosh. To have faith, you have to suspend your disbelief.
Abraham Verghese quotes: What neither the reader nor Stone would accept was that his self-amputation was as much and act of conceit as it was an act of heroism p 61 What neither the reader nor Stone would accept was that his self-amputation was as much and act of conceit as it was an act of heroism p 61
Abraham Verghese quotes: Men like him became stubborn with opposition, because their convictions were all they had. Men like him became stubborn with opposition, because their convictions were all they had.
Abraham Verghese quotes: The tide had turned, and the worst possible thing had happened: my heroes had become the "bad guys," and one didn't dare say otherwise. The tide had turned, and the worst possible thing had happened: my heroes had become the "bad guys," and one didn't dare say otherwise.
Abraham Verghese quotes: Surely you couldn't be a good doctor and a terrible human beingsurely the laws of man, if not God, didn't allow it. Surely you couldn't be a good doctor and a terrible human being
surely the laws of man, if not God, didn't allow it.
Abraham Verghese quotes: Life for the Italians was what it was, no more and no less, an interlude between meals Life for the Italians was what it was, no more and no less, an interlude between meals
Abraham Verghese quotes: Be careful! Travel expands the mind and loosens the bowels. Be careful! Travel expands the mind and loosens the bowels.
Abraham Verghese quotes: A world where a sparrow's fate and that of a man can be decided in the blink of a cat's eye, such is the true measure of time. A world where a sparrow's fate and that of a man can be decided in the blink of a cat's eye, such is the true measure of time.
Abraham Verghese quotes: You see, young Dr. Marion, that's what makes us human. We always want more. You see, young Dr. Marion, that's what makes us human. We always want more.
Abraham Verghese quotes: 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. 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.
Abraham Verghese quotes: You are an instrument of God. Don't leave the instrument sitting in its case, my son. Play! Leave no part of your instrument unexplored. You are an instrument of God. Don't leave the instrument sitting in its case, my son. Play! Leave no part of your instrument unexplored.
Abraham Verghese quotes: Impending death had a way of unexpectedly unearthing the past so that it came together with the present in an unholy coupling. Impending death had a way of unexpectedly unearthing the past so that it came together with the present in an unholy coupling.
Abraham Verghese quotes: You live it forward, but understand it backward. You live it forward, but understand it backward.
Abraham Verghese quotes: Guilt leads to righteous action, but rarely is it the right action. Guilt leads to righteous action, but rarely is it the right action.
Abraham Verghese quotes: All my ghosts had vanished; the retribution that they sought had been exacted. I had nothing more to give, and nothing to fear. All my ghosts had vanished; the retribution that they sought had been exacted. I had nothing more to give, and nothing to fear.
Abraham Verghese quotes: Yesterday misspent can't be recall'dVanity makes beauty contemptibleWisdom is more valuable than riches. Yesterday misspent can't be recall'd
Vanity makes beauty contemptible
Wisdom is more valuable than riches.
Abraham Verghese quotes: There is a point when grief exceeds the human capacity to emote, and as a result one is strangely composed- There is a point when grief exceeds the human capacity to emote, and as a result one is strangely composed-
Abraham Verghese quotes: The uneventful day is a precious gift. The uneventful day is a precious gift.
Abraham Verghese quotes: Tizitash zeweter wode ene eye metah. I can't help thinking about you. Tizitash zeweter wode ene eye metah. I can't help thinking about you.
Abraham Verghese quotes: A rich man's faults are covered with money, but a surgeon's faults are covered with earth. A rich man's faults are covered with money, but a surgeon's faults are covered with earth.
Abraham Verghese quotes: What treatment in an emergency is administered by ear? What treatment in an emergency is administered by ear?
Abraham Verghese quotes: Geography is destiny. Geography is destiny.
Abraham Verghese quotes: Ignorance was just as dynamic as knowledge, and it grew in the same proportion. Ignorance was just as dynamic as knowledge, and it grew in the same proportion.
Abraham Verghese quotes: Make something beautiful of your life. Make something beautiful of your life.
Abraham Verghese quotes: The only way to know where you are is by where you have just been. The only way to know where you are is by where you have just been.
Abraham Verghese quotes: When you have a natural genetic tan developed over centuries and many generations, the idea of soaking up rays by the pool has never made sense. When you have a natural genetic tan developed over centuries and many generations, the idea of soaking up rays by the pool has never made sense.
Abraham Verghese quotes: Sisters of the Nigrizia Sisters of the Nigrizia
Abraham Verghese quotes: Telling herself stories about herself in a singsong voice, creating her own mythology. Telling herself stories about herself in a singsong voice, creating her own mythology.
Abraham Verghese quotes: The croup following measles, on top of malnutrition, on top of rickets," he said to me under his breath. "It's the cascade of catastrophies. The croup following measles, on top of malnutrition, on top of rickets," he said to me under his breath. "It's the cascade of catastrophies.
Abraham Verghese quotes: Envy Is Behind Flattery. Envy Is Behind Flattery.
Abraham Verghese quotes: A man is only as rich as the number of children he fathers. After all, what else do we leave behind in this world ... A man is only as rich as the number of children he fathers. After all, what else do we leave behind in this world ...
Abraham Verghese quotes: Students undergo a conversion in the third year of medical school - not pre-clinical to clinical, but pre-cynical to cynical. Students undergo a conversion in the third year of medical school - not pre-clinical to clinical, but pre-cynical to cynical.
Abraham Verghese quotes: A child's ability for reprisal is infinite, and can last a lifetime. A child's ability for reprisal is infinite, and can last a lifetime.
Abraham Verghese quotes: She drew others to her like acolytes only for them to discover she wasn't recruiting. She drew others to her like acolytes only for them to discover she wasn't recruiting.
Abraham Verghese quotes: All sons should write down every word of what their fathers have to say to them. All sons should write down every word of what their fathers have to say to them.
Abraham Verghese quotes: The fact that people were attentive to his body does not compensate for their ignoring his being. The fact that people were attentive to his body does not compensate for their ignoring his being.
Abraham Verghese quotes: In an emergency, what treatment is given by ear? Words of Comfort. In an emergency, what treatment is given by ear? Words of Comfort.
Abraham Verghese quotes: When you win, you often lose, that's just a fact. There's no currency to straighten a warped spirit, or open a closed heart, a selfish heart ... When you win, you often lose, that's just a fact. There's no currency to straighten a warped spirit, or open a closed heart, a selfish heart ...
Abraham Verghese quotes: Lest it sound as if I resent my day job, I have to say that my day job is the reason I write, and it has been the best thing Lest it sound as if I resent my day job, I have to say that my day job is the reason I write, and it has been the best thing for me as a writer.
Abraham Verghese quotes: No blade can puncture the human heart like the well-chosen words of a spiteful son. No blade can puncture the human heart like the well-chosen words of a spiteful son.
Abraham Verghese quotes: When we cannot cure or save a life, our patients can at least feel cared for. It should be a basic human right." Harris When we cannot cure or save a life, our patients can at least feel cared for. It should be a basic human right." Harris
Abraham Verghese quotes: By visiting patients in their home, by helping them come to terms with their illness, I could heal when I could not cure. By visiting patients in their home, by helping them come to terms with their illness, I could heal when I could not cure.
Abraham Verghese 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. She felt the familiar calmness of an emergency, but she understood the falseness of that feeling, now that it was her life at stake.
Abraham Verghese quotes: Though I am fascinated by knowledge, I am even more fascinated by wisdom. Though I am fascinated by knowledge, I am even more fascinated by wisdom.
Abraham Verghese quotes: If 'ecstasy' meant the sudden intrusion of the sacred into the ordinary, then it had just happened to me. If 'ecstasy' meant the sudden intrusion of the sacred into the ordinary, then it had just happened to me.
Abraham Verghese quotes: I'd become aware of human complexitythat's a kinder word than deceit. I'd become aware of human complexity
that's a kinder word than deceit.
Abraham Verghese quotes: Everyone needed an obsession. Everyone needed an obsession.
Abraham Verghese quotes: Your "Gloria" lives within you. Your "Gloria" lives within you.
Abraham Verghese quotes: What a journey ... what a day ... what madness, so much worse than tragic! What to do except dance, dance, only dance ... What a journey ... what a day ... what madness, so much worse than tragic! What to do except dance, dance, only dance ...
Abraham Verghese quotes: You can't show up at the bedside and then turn on your skills. You have to keep your game sharp all the time. You can't show up at the bedside and then turn on your skills. You have to keep your game sharp all the time.
Abraham Verghese quotes: We are all fixing what is broken. It is the task of a lifetime. We'll leave much unfinished for the next generation. We are all fixing what is broken. It is the task of a lifetime. We'll leave much unfinished for the next generation.
Abraham Verghese quotes: She found her greatness, at last, found it in her suffering. Once you have greatness, who needs anything else? She found her greatness, at last, found it in her suffering. Once you have greatness, who needs anything else?
Abraham Verghese quotes: I knew what I'd say to him: You're much too late. We went ahead with our lives without you. I knew what I'd say to him: You're much too late. We went ahead with our lives without you.
Abraham Verghese quotes: The bottom line: health care reform is about the patient, not about the physician. The bottom line: health care reform is about the patient, not about the physician.
Abraham Verghese quotes: I'm so sorry,' Stone said. I don't know whether he was speaking to me, or Ghosh, or the universe. It wasn't enough, but it was about time. I'm so sorry,' Stone said. I don't know whether he was speaking to me, or Ghosh, or the universe. It wasn't enough, but it was about time.
Abraham Verghese quotes: We know the average American physician interrupts their patient in 14 seconds. We know the average American physician interrupts their patient in 14 seconds.
Abraham Verghese quotes: The most important innovation in medicine to come in the next 10 years: the power of the human hand. The most important innovation in medicine to come in the next 10 years: the power of the human hand.
Abraham Verghese quotes: Not only our actions, but also our omissions, become our destiny. From Cutting for Stone Not only our actions, but also our omissions, become our destiny.
From Cutting for Stone
Abraham Verghese quotes: A good surgeon needs courage for which a good pair of balls is a prerequisite, A good surgeon needs courage for which a good pair of balls is a prerequisite,
Abraham Verghese quotes: amanuensis. A rapt amanuensis. A rapt
Abraham Verghese quotes: What a bad idea it had been to give the Bible to anyone but priests, Ghosh thought. It made a preacher out of everybody. What a bad idea it had been to give the Bible to anyone but priests, Ghosh thought. It made a preacher out of everybody.
Abraham Verghese quotes: Now I saw this categorizing of my freezer food as a sign of the true chaos in my head. Now I saw this categorizing of my freezer food as a sign of the true chaos in my head.
Abraham Verghese quotes: To be around someone whose self-confidence is more than what our first glance led us to expect is seductive. To be around someone whose self-confidence is more than what our first glance led us to expect is seductive.
Abraham Verghese quotes: happened has happened, be will be happened has happened, be will be
Abraham Verghese quotes: So I consider myself a dog person. Kind of. Had dogs when I was a kid, but my parents would never have dreamed of having them in the house. So I consider myself a dog person. Kind of. Had dogs when I was a kid, but my parents would never have dreamed of having them in the house.
Abraham Verghese quotes: I'm a great believer in geography being destiny. I'm a great believer in geography being destiny.
Abraham Verghese quotes: What did it say when a man had fewer clothes than books? What did it say when a man had fewer clothes than books?
Abraham Verghese quotes: I love to read poetry but I haven't written anything that I'm willing to show anybody. I love to read poetry but I haven't written anything that I'm willing to show anybody.
Abraham Verghese quotes: People change, you know. When you leave your country, you are like a plant taken out of soil. Some people turn hard, they can't flower again. People change, you know. When you leave your country, you are like a plant taken out of soil. Some people turn hard, they can't flower again.
Abraham Verghese quotes: The world turns on our every action, and our every omission, whether we know it or not. The world turns on our every action, and our every omission, whether we know it or not.
Abraham Verghese quotes: Nevertheless, I drove right past my landmark, an antique store which looked to me like an ordinary house with junk piled on the front porch. Nevertheless, I drove right past my landmark, an antique store which looked to me like an ordinary house with junk piled on the front porch.
Abraham Verghese quotes: All possibilities resided within me, and they required me to be here. If I left, what would be left of me? All possibilities resided within me, and they required me to be here. If I left, what would be left of me?
Abraham Verghese quotes: Her unhandsome, but beautiful friend of so many years ... Her unhandsome, but beautiful friend of so many years ...
Abraham Verghese quotes: ...his crime was to belong to the losing side, or perhaps even the wrong side. But all he'd done was follow orders... ...his crime was to belong to the losing side, or perhaps even the wrong side. But all he'd done was follow orders...
Abraham Verghese quotes: When I wake to the gift of yet another sunrise my first thought is to rouse him and say, I owe you the sight of morning. When I wake to the gift of yet another sunrise my first thought is to rouse him and say, I owe you the sight of morning.

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