How we treat the least of our brethren,... that's the measure of this country.
In writing, as in medicine, there are no short cuts. You need stamina.
Patients know in a heartbeat if they're getting a clumsy exam.
Be careful! Travel expands the mind and loosens the bowels.
My sense is that the wonderful technology that we have to visualize the inside of the body often leaves physicians feeling that the exam is a waste of time and so they may shortchange the ritual.
I was angry with myself because I still loved her, or at least I loved that dream of our togetherness. My feelings were unreasonable, irrational, and I couldn't change them. That hurt.