In a time of deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
Quotes from The Covenant of Water — Abraham Verghese
born 1955 Ethiopia
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Fiction is the great lie that tells the truth about how the world lives!
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Worry and anxiety are sand in the machinery of life, and faith is the oil.
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In a life, it is the in-betweens that are fatal.
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You can’t walk across a lake just because you change its name to “land.” Labels matter.
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To see the miraculous in the ordinary is a more precious gift than prophecy.
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Sometimes we have to “live the question,” not push for the answer.
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You can’t set out to achieve your goals without a little madness.
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Success is not money! Success is you are fully loving what you are doing. That only is success!
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Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Abraham Verghese (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.