Abraham Verghese
Physician
1955-05-30
Abraham Verghese is an Ethiopian-American physician and author. He is known for work in medicine, narrative writing, and bestselling novels.
Books by Abraham Verghese
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Cutting for Stone
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The Covenant of Water (Oprah's Book Club)
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Quotes by Abraham Verghese
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Everyone needed an obsession.
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Children were the foot wedged in the closing door, the glimmer of hope that in reincarnation there would be some house to go to, even if one came back as a dog, or a mouse, or flea that lived on the bodies of men. If...there was a raising of the dead, then a child would be sure to see that its parents were awakened.
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A man is only as rich as the number of children he fathers. After all, what else do we leave behind in this world...
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Be ready. Be seated. See what courage sounds like. See how brave it is to reveal yourself in this way. But above all, see what it is to still live, to profoundly influence the lives of others after you are gone, by your words.
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Being the first born gives you great patience.
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When you win, you often lose, that's just a fact. There's no currency to straighten a warped spirit, or open a closed heart, a selfish heart...
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God will judge us, Mr. Harris, by--by what we did to relieve the suffering of our fellow human beings. I don't think God cares what doctrine we embrace.
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Yesterday misspent can't be recall'dVanity makes beauty contemptibleWisdom is more valuable than riches.
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The key to your happiness is to own your slippers, own who you are, own how you look, own your family, own the talents you have, and own the ones you don't. If you keep saying your slippers aren't yours, then you'll die searching, you'll die bitter, always feeling you were promised more. Not only our actions, but also our omissions, become our destiny.
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You live it forward, but understand it backward.
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Children were the foot wedged in the closing door, the glimmer of hope that in reincarnation there would be some house to go to, even if one came back as a dog, or a mouse, or flea that lived on the bodies of men. If...there was a raising of the dead, then a child would be sure to see that its parents were awakened.
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Yesterday misspent can't be recall'dVanity makes beauty contemptibleWisdom is more valuable than riches.
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Everyone needed an obsession.
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When you win, you often lose, that's just a fact. There's no currency to straighten a warped spirit, or open a closed heart, a selfish heart...
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Be ready. Be seated. See what courage sounds like. See how brave it is to reveal yourself in this way. But above all, see what it is to still live, to profoundly influence the lives of others after you are gone, by your words.
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A man is only as rich as the number of children he fathers. After all, what else do we leave behind in this world...
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Being the first born gives you great patience.
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You live it forward, but understand it backward.
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God will judge us, Mr. Harris, by--by what we did to relieve the suffering of our fellow human beings. I don't think God cares what doctrine we embrace.
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The key to your happiness is to own your slippers, own who you are, own how you look, own your family, own the talents you have, and own the ones you don't. If you keep saying your slippers aren't yours, then you'll die searching, you'll die bitter, always feeling you were promised more. Not only our actions, but also our omissions, become our destiny.
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