"Life is choices, and they are relentless. No sooner have you made one choice than another is upon you."

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Source : Atul Gawande (2014). “Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End”, p.113, Metropolitan Books

Atul Gawande

#Choices Quotes #Life Is Quotes #Relentless Quotes

“As wonders, miracles are always astonishing, but as signs they are never wholly inexplicable.”

Source : Kenneth L. Woodward (2001). “The Book of Miracles: The Meaning of the Miracle Stories in Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism and Islam”, p.383, Simon and Schuster
“Your energy and the ability to energize others is more valuable than your time.”
“Do you smell something burning or is it me?”
“What patients want is not rocket science, which is really unfortunate because if it were rocket science, we would be doing it. We are great at rocket science. We love rocket science. What weâ€™re not good at are the things that are so simple and basic that we overlook them.”
“I never make studies from nature. They would get in the way. I make use of my mind.”
“She realized all at once that Doon, thin, dark eyed Doon, with his troublesome temper and his terrible brown jacket, and his good heart---- was the person she knew better than anyone now. He was her best friend. --City of Ember--”
“To know that we know what we know, and to know that we do not know what we do not know, that is true knowledge.”
“I was not the most attractive child. I had two really big buck teeth. I was horrendous - long, lanky and gangly.”

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