“As her body empties, I feel more and more hollow. I think I must offer her some explanation, but when I look to her face, there is clear and perfect water swirling from her open mouth, a question in a… — Christine Montross Copy Share Image
“I feel your body, your sick and scared body. And I feel how it must be different from how it was, and how it… — Christine Montross Copy Share Image
“Even the most comic moment contains an element of melancholy; even the deepest tragedy harbors a trace of the ironic.” — Christine Montross Copy Share Image
“The most alarming moments of anatomy are not the bizarre, the unknown. They are the familiar.” — Christine Montross Copy Share Image
“As her body empties, I feel more and more hollow. I think I must offer her some explanation, but when I look to her… — Christine Montross Copy Share Image
“The midpoint in medicine between excessive emotional involvement with patients and a complete lack of empathy is not a simple one to locate.” — Christine Montross Copy Share Image
