“I wish that every baby everywhere could land in a family that wanted that baby as much as we want ours.” Quote by Sharon Creech
“Why do people not listen when you say no? Why do they think you are too stupid or too young to understand? Why do they think you are too shy to reply? Why do they keep badgering you until you will say yes?” PeopleThinkingYoungStupidShy Author:Sharon Creech
“Literature is a beautiful way of keeping the imagination alive, of visiting worlds you would never have time to in your day-to-day life. It keeps you abreast of a wider spectrum of human activities.” WorldWayHumansBeautifulLiteratureImaginationAliveActivityDay To DaySpectrumVisitingHuman ActivityDay LifeDay To Day Life Author:Abraham Verghese
“The bottom line: health care reform is about the patient, not about the physician.” CareLinesPatientBottomReformHealth CarePhysiciansBottom LineHealth Care Reform Author:Abraham Verghese
“I think we can see how blessed we are in America to have access to the kind of health care we do if we are insured, and even if uninsured, how there is a safety net. Now, as to the problem of how much health care costs and how we reform health care ... it is another story altogether.” IfsThinkingKindStoriesProblemCareAmericaCostSafetyBlessedAccessReformHealth CareSafety NetHealth Care Costs Author:Abraham Verghese
“I love to read poetry but I haven't written anything that I'm willing to show anybody.” ShowsWrittenHavensWillingLove To Read Author:Abraham Verghese
“I was taking care of people my age who were dying. The constant feeling, hearing from them, was that life is transient and can end very quickly, so don't postpone your dreams.” PeopleEndsFeelingsDreamCareAgeLife IsDyingConstantHearingYour DreamsTransient Author:Abraham Verghese
“Though I am fascinated by knowledge, I am even more fascinated by wisdom.” Fascinated Author:Abraham Verghese
“I think America is really in denial about the degree to which residents, particularly foreign medical graduates, man the county hospitals of this country, and but for their services, I'm not sure how exactly we could manage.” ThinkingMenCountryAmericaDegreesMedicalManageDenialNot SureHospitalsGraduatesCountyResidents Author:Abraham Verghese
“We have the sense that medical students come to medicine with a great capacity to understand the suffering of patients. And then by the end of the third year they completely lose that ability, partly because we teach them the specialized language of medicine.” YearsEndsSufferingLanguageLosesAbilityTeachStudentsCapacityThirdsMedicinePatientMedical Author:Abraham Verghese
“There are moments as a teacher when I'm conscious that I'm trotting out the same exact phrase my professor used with me years ago. It's an eerie feeling, as if my old mentor is not just in the room, but in my shoes, using me as his mouthpiece.” IfsYearsMomentsFeelingsUsedRoomsTeacherConsciousYears AgoShoesPhrasesOld ManProfessorsMentorUsing MeEerieMouthpieceTrotting Author:Abraham Verghese