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title: "3 Hema Thought Quotes by 1 author"
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> [“There it was, Hema must have thought; it was both the sorry and the thank-you that was so long overdue, and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-verghese/there-it-was-hema-must-have-thought-it-was-both-the-sorry-and-the/)

[Abraham Verghese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-verghese/)

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> [“Hema thought of Shiva, her personal deity, and how the only sensible response to the madness of life . . . was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-verghese/hema-thought-of-shiva-her-personal-deity-and-how-the-only-sensible/)

[Abraham Verghese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-verghese/)

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> [“How beautiful and horrible life is, Hema thought; too horrible to simply call tragic. Life is worse than tragic." p 108”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-verghese/how-beautiful-and-horrible-life-is-hema-thought-too-horrible-to/)

[Abraham Verghese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-verghese/)

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