You cannot separate passion from pathology any more than you can separate a person's spirit from his body.
Richard SelzerEach is like a river that leaves behind its name and shape, the whole course of its path , to vanish into the vast sea of God.
Richard SelzerThus is the fruit of the Earth taken, its flesh torn. Thus is it given over standing, toward rot. It is the principle of corruption, the death of what is, the birth of what is to be. You are wine.
Richard SelzerCutting for Stone is nothing short of masterful -a riveting tale of love, medicine, and the complex dynamic of twin brothers. It is beautifully conceived and written. The settings are wonderfully pictorial. There is no doubt in my mind that Cutting for Stone will endure in the permanent literature of our time.
Richard Selzer