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Abraham   Verghese
“You can’t walk across a lake just because you change its name to “land.” Labels matter.”
Abraham Verghese, The Covenant of Water

Abraham   Verghese
“We don’t have children to fulfill our dreams. Children allow us to let go of the dreams we were never meant to fulfill.”
Abraham Verghese, The Covenant of Water

Abraham   Verghese
“I am so behind that yesterday catches up with tomorrow.”
Abraham Verghese, The Covenant of Water

Abraham   Verghese
“Secrecy lives in the same rooms as loneliness.”
Abraham Verghese, The Covenant of Water

Abraham   Verghese
“Fiction is the great lie that tells the truth about how the world lives!”
Abraham Verghese, The Covenant of Water

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