"The proper management of pain remains, after all, the most important obligation, the main objective, and the crowning achievement of every physician."

"You cannot talk to people successfully if they think you are not interested in what they have to say or you have no respect for them."

"We know with certainty that never could man have acquired the sciences and arts by himself guided only by his natural abilities and without the benefit of instruction. medicine, the knowledge of the p…"

"Climbing the bole of the tree, a man clings with all his arms and legs, and lays hold of every knob and sliver. When he mounts amongst the branches, it should be with a more easy alacrity. A man will …"

"We went into at least ten supermarkets. The shelves were fully stocked with every goddamn Nestle brand, every paper product—except toilet paper...And this is where you get into some weird territory, w…"