Quotes from bookCutting for Stone
Cutting for Stone is a novel written by Ethiopian-born Indian-American medical doctor and author Abraham Verghese. It is a saga of twin brothers, orphaned by their mother's death at their births and forsaken by their father. The book includes a deep description of both medical procedures and explores the human side of medical practices.
“Make something beautiful of your life.”
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“Wasn't that the definition of home? Not where you are from, but where you are wanted”
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“Life is like that. You live it forward but understand it backward.”
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Variant: You live it forward, but understand it backward.
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“Not only our actions, but also our omissions, become our destiny.”
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“He was teaching me how to die, just as he'd taught me how to live.”
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“No blade can puncture the human heart like the well-chosen words of a spiteful son.”
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“The world turns on our every action, and our every omission, whether we know it or not.”
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“Life for the Italians was what it was, no more and no less, an interlude between meals”
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“… guilt leads to righteous action, but rarely is it the right action.”
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