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Abscond
by Abraham Verghese
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“You see, Ravi, this world isn’t just all the things we can see and touch. It’s also all the things we can’t see, the things we choose to believe.”
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It was silly to worry about pleasing or displeasing others with his choices; life was hard enough without such meaningless concerns.