Under a Himalayan Sky Quotes

“for some doctors one of the hardest things is to do nothing. We are used to treating, testing, curing, advising and it is difficult to admit we can’t always cure everyone”
― Jane Wilson-Howarth, Under a Himalayan Sky: A Story of Love, Loss and Learning to Live

“The mountain air was thin but invigorating and the scenery sublime. Below us, the river sparkled like cut glass. The valley and mountains above were coloured by metal ores; red, purple, orange, green, bluish and heron-grey strata were stacked like playing cards, a stark grandeur that moved me”
― Jane Wilson-Howarth, Under a Himalayan Sky: A Story of Love, Loss and Learning to Live

“he was surrounded by doctors whose priority was to preserve life. Their dilemma is that at the moment of birth and during the first weeks, it can be hard to know how damaged a child might be. When a paediatrician is called to resuscitate a newborn baby, she has to react immediately.”
― Jane Wilson-Howarth, Under a Himalayan Sky: A Story of Love, Loss and Learning to Live

“Our years in Nepal gave us some of the very richest and highest of times, as well as the absolute lowest.”
― Jane Wilson-Howarth, Under a Himalayan Sky: A Story of Love, Loss and Learning to Live

“Travellers know that we don’t see the scenery in our home towns. Being in another place heightens the senses so you see more, enjoy more, take delight in small things;, life is richer. We are more alive, less cocooned.”
― Jane Wilson-Howarth, Under a Himalayan Sky: A Story of Love, Loss and Learning to Live