Abraham Verghese Quotes - Page 4

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• When I use the word 'healing', by that I mean that every disease has a physical element that we're very good at handling, but there's always a sense of the violation. 'Why me?' 'Why is my leg broken on the ski trip and not anyone else's?' And I think that medicine has done a terrible job of addressing that spiritual violation.

  Abraham Verghese

  Spiritual, Jobs, Mean

  "A Novel That's the Best Medicine". Interview with Tina Brown, www.thedailybeast.com. February 11, 2009.

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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 the patient-physician relationship.

  Abraham Verghese

  Motivation, Believe, Inspiration

  "A doctor's touch". TED Talks, www.ted.com. July 2011.

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• No matter what ailed you, you went to see the barber surgeon who wound up cupping you, bleeding you, purging you. And, oh yes, if you wanted, he would give you a haircut and pull your tooth while he was at it.

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  Giving, Teeth, Matter

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• Pray tell us, what's your favorite number?

  Abraham Verghese

  Math, Numbers, Praying

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• For one who has an interest in the body as text, airports are treasure troves of information. It seems almost un-American to enjoy delays, and perhaps enjoy is not the best word, but certainly a delayed flight, if it does nothing else, allows one the opportunity to make prolonged observations about one's fellow travelers.

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  Opportunity, Airports, Doe

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• What did it say when a man had fewer clothes than books?

  Abraham Verghese

  Book, Men, Clothes

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• When a man is a mystery to himself you can hardly call him mysterious.

  Abraham Verghese

  Men, Mysterious, Mystery

  Abraham Verghese (2012). “Cutting for Stone”, p.26, Random House India

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• Another day in paradise' was his inevitable pronouncement when he settled his head on his pillow. Now I understand what that meant: the uneventful day was a precious gift.

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  Paradise, Another Day, Precious Gifts

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• The crookedness of the serpent is still straight enough to slide through the snake hole.

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  Snakes, Slides, Enough

  Abraham Verghese (2012). “Cutting for Stone”, p.385, Random House India

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