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“... real pity should stretch out to people whom we do not like — to those whom we have injured or who despitefully use us.”
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“We are a society that values a man for what he does in the world, a woman for how she looks.”
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“There is no human relationship more intimate than that of nurse and patient, one in which the essentials of character are more rawly revealed.”
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“No disease should be allowed to have as its victims both the patient and the caregiver. But that is exactly what is happening every minute of every day.”
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“... being a parent is not transaction ... we do not get what we give. It is the ultimate pay-it-forward endeavor: we are good parents not so they will be loving enough to stay with us but so they will be strong enough to leave us.”
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“My grandmother was a very tough cookie. She buried three husbands. Two of them were just napping.”
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“Cruising sailors are boat owners who like to do their repairs in foreign ports where the supplies they need are unavailable or excessively expensive.”
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“It is completely unimportant. That is why it is so interesting.”