God will judge us, Mr. Harris, by--by what we did to relieve the suffering of our fellow human beings. I don't think God cares what doctrine we embrace.

In an emergency, what treatment is given by ear? Words of Comfort.

She felt the familiar calmness of an emergency, but she understood the falseness of that feeling, now that it was her life at stake.

The world turns on our every action, and our every omission, whether we know it or not.

We're losing a ritual. We're losing a ritual that I believe is transformative, transcendent, and is at the heart of the patient-physician relationship.

Your job is to preserve yourself, not to descend into their hole. It's a relief when you arrive at this place, the point of absurdity, because then you are free, you owe them nothing.

I believe in black holes. I believe that as the universe empties into nothingness, past and future will smack together in the last swirl around the drain.