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Abraham Verghese Quotes

The crookedness of the serpent is still straight enough to slide through the snake hole Picture Quote #1

Being the first born gives you great patience Picture Quote #1

Though I am fascinated by knowledge, I am even more fascinated by wisdom Picture Quote #1

Patients know in a heartbeat if they’re getting a clumsy exam Picture Quote #1

Make something beautiful of your life Picture Quote #1

What treatment in an emergency is administered by ear? Picture Quote #1

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Be careful! Travel expands the mind and loosens the bowels Picture Quote #1

... guilt leads to righteous action, but rarely is it the right action Picture Quote #1

Pray tell us, what’s your favorite number? Picture Quote #1

Not only our actions, but also our omissions, become our destiny Picture Quote #1

What did it say when a man had fewer clothes than books? Picture Quote #1

When a man is a mystery to himself you can hardly call him mysterious Picture Quote #1

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In writing, as in medicine, there are no short cuts. You need stamina Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

The world turns on our every action, and our every omission, whether we know it or not Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

By visiting patients in their home, by helping them come to terms with their illness, I could heal when I could not cure Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

Life, too, is like that. You live it forward, but understand it backward. It is only when you stop and look to the rear that you see the corpse caught under your wheel Picture Quote #1

We are all fixing what is broken. It is the task of a lifetime. We’ll leave much unfinished for the next generation Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

He was teaching me how to die, just as he’d taught me how to live Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

How we treat the least of our brethren,... that’s the measure of this country Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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. I grew up and I found my purpose and it was to become a physician. My intent wasn’t to save the world as much as to heal myself. Few doctors will admit this, certainly not young ones, but subconsciously, in entering the profession, we must believe that ministering to others will heal our woundedness. And it can. but it can also deepen the wound Picture Quote #1

A rich man’s faults are covered with money, but a surgeon’s faults are covered with earth Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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The crookedness of the serpent is still straight enough to slide through the snake hole (Abraham Verghese Quotes) Being the first born gives you great patience (Abraham Verghese Quotes) Though I am fascinated by knowledge, I am even more fascinated by wisdom (Abraham Verghese Quotes) Patients know in a heartbeat if they’re getting a clumsy exam (Abraham Verghese Quotes) Make something beautiful of your life (Abraham Verghese Quotes) What treatment in an emergency is administered by ear? (Abraham Verghese Quotes) Be careful! Travel expands the mind and loosens the bowels (Abraham Verghese Quotes) ... guilt leads to righteous action, but rarely is it the right action (Abraham Verghese Quotes) Pray tell us, what’s your favorite number? (Abraham Verghese Quotes) Not only our actions, but also our omissions, become our destiny (Abraham Verghese Quotes) What did it say when a man had fewer clothes than books? (Abraham Verghese Quotes) When a man is a mystery to himself you can hardly call him mysterious (Abraham Verghese Quotes) In writing, as in medicine, there are no short cuts. You need stamina (Abraham Verghese Quotes) 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 (Abraham Verghese Quotes) The world turns on our every action, and our every omission, whether we know it or not (Abraham Verghese Quotes) 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 (Abraham Verghese Quotes) 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 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 (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 (Abraham Verghese Quotes) Life, too, is like that. You live it forward, but understand it backward. It is only when you stop and look to the rear that you see the corpse caught under your wheel (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 (Abraham Verghese Quotes) 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 (Abraham Verghese Quotes) He was teaching me how to die, just as he’d taught me how to live (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 (Abraham Verghese Quotes) 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 (Abraham Verghese Quotes) How we treat the least of our brethren,... that’s the measure of this country (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 (Abraham Verghese Quotes) 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. I grew up and I found my purpose and it was to become a physician. My intent wasn’t to save the world as much as to heal myself. Few doctors will admit this, certainly not young ones, but subconsciously, in entering the profession, we must believe that ministering to others will heal our woundedness. And it can. but it can also deepen the wound (Abraham Verghese Quotes) A rich man’s faults are covered with money, but a surgeon’s faults are covered with earth (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 (Abraham Verghese Quotes)

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