"She had always assumed that she would have……" — Abraham Verghese
"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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89 Quotes by Abraham Verghese
Abraham Verghese has 89 quotes on this site.
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It was all I had, all I've ever had, the only currency, the only proof that I was alive. Memory.
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We know the average American physician interrupts their patient in 14 seconds.
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I joke, but I only half joke, that if you come to one of our hospitals missing a limb, no…
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What treatment in an emergency is administered by ear?
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A beautiful literary collection that tells of today's country doctor, somewhat removed from our romantic black-bag image of days gone…
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Be careful! Travel expands the mind and loosens the bowels.
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Certainly when I got to medical school, I had role models of the kind of physicians I wanted to be.…
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The most important innovation in medicine to come in the next 10 years: the power of the human hand.
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We're losing a ritual. We're losing a ritual that I believe is transformative, transcendent, and is at the heart of…
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No matter what ailed you, you went to see the barber surgeon who wound up cupping you, bleeding you, purging…
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In an emergency, what treatment is given by ear? Words of Comfort.
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Pray tell us, what's your favorite number?
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I always assumed that like my mother before me, one day I would have children.
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I've always assumed there's a dark river flowing beneath my fans' desires.
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We Floridians have always assumed an arrogant mastery over our natural environment. And we have always presumed ourselves capable of…
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I went to school for special education. I always assumed when I had the opportunity I would love to try…
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Many, if not most, of the difficulties we experience in dealing with government agencies arise from the agencies being part…
— James Q. Wilson
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Based on my time living with rats and mice in Washington, D.C., I have always assumed that animals will escape…
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There on the sofa, as I nursed Maxie and her eyes slid closed, I said to the girls, 'I think…
— Katherine Center
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It is always assumed that Venice is the ideal place for a honeymoon. This is a grave error. To live…
— Peggy Guggenheim
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Id always assumed that by 40 Id have at least a modicum of stability - a steady income, an established…
— Deborah Copaken
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I always assumed scientists were free to ask any question, pursue any line of inquiry without fear or reprisal.
— Ben Stein
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MASH offered real characters and everybody identified with them because they had such soul. The humor was intelligent and it…
— Loretta Swit
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It was always assumed that I would go to college.
— Paul D. Boyer
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