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“Wasn't that the definition of home? Not where you are from, but where you are wanted”
― Abraham Verghese, Cutting for Stone

“What did it say when a man had fewer clothes than books?”
― Abraham Verghese

“The observer, that old record keeper, the chronicler of events, made his appearance in that taxi. The hands of my clock turned elastic while I imprinted these feelings in memory. You must remember this. It was all I had, all I've ever had, the only currency, the only proof that I was alive.
Memory.”
― Abraham Verghese, Cutting for Stone

“happened has happened, be will be”
― Abraham Verghese, Cutting for Stone

“It was the very moment when I thought, At last, she is going to stay, but in fact it was her good-bye.”
― Abraham Verghese, Cutting for Stone

“Nevertheless, I drove right past my landmark, an antique store which looked to me like an ordinary house with junk piled on the front porch.”
― Abraham Verghese