“In writing, as in medicine, there are no short cuts. You need stamina.” — Abraham Verghese Quote

“In writing, as in medicine, there are no short cuts. You need stamina.”

“The bottom line: health care reform is about the patient, not about the physician.”

“Rituals, anthropologists will tell us, are about transformation. The rituals we use for marriage, baptism or inaugurating a president are as elaborate as they are because we associate the ritual with a major life passage, the crossing of a critical threshold, or in other words, with transformation.”

“I always try so hard not to repeat myself, not to do something I've heard before. It definitely cuts into my output.”

“Lamb is one of my favourite cuts of meat.”

“The Right has focused on expanding economic liberty through tax cuts, free trade, and deregulation.”