I Wasn't Strong Like This When I Started Out Quotes

“My idea of a good time is sitting quietly with my own thoughts and not making eye contact with anyone.”
― Lee Gutkind, I Wasn't Strong Like This When I Started Out: True Stories of Becoming a Nurse

“Miracles aren’t always awe inspiring. They aren’t always beautiful and obvious. Sometimes they’re sticky and gross. Sometimes they’re painful and full of loss. Sometimes you’ll miss them if you blink. My eyes are wide open today.”
― Lee Gutkind, I Wasn't Strong Like This When I Started Out: True Stories of Becoming a Nurse

“Panic, as I said before, is the most contagious of all sicknesses.”
― Lee Gutkind, I Wasn't Strong Like This When I Started Out: True Stories of Becoming a Nurse

“I have a lifetime of learning ahead of me. I apply many of the things I learned in school, but I’ve forgotten most. Random snippets of the rules come back to me, at times, but my mind will eventually eradicate them all, relearn them, and reinvent them.”
― Lee Gutkind, I Wasn't Strong Like This When I Started Out: True Stories of Becoming a Nurse

“Most of all, you need moral courage because nursing is about the pursuit of justice. It requires you stand up to bullies, to do things that are right but difficult, and to speak your mind even when you are afraid.”
― Lee Gutkind, I Wasn't Strong Like This When I Started Out: True Stories of Becoming a Nurse

“The other night, the cats were howling. I turned over and convinced myself to go back to sleep because they weren’t my patients.”
― Lee Gutkind, I Wasn't Strong Like This When I Started Out: True Stories of Becoming a Nurse