“...and there will be no more interruptions and you will be staying for dessert, coffee, and cigars.”

“I felt sorry that he had suffered so long in the hospital, sorry that even in his last minutes our mindless technology had so rudely interrupted his transition”

“It was the very moment when I thought, At last, she is going to stay, but in fact it was her good-bye.”

“Do the right thing, put up with unfairness, selfishness, stay true to yourself...one day it all works out.”

“You see, young Dr. Marion, that's what makes us human. We always want more.”

“Call me old-fashioned," Deepak said, "but I've always believed that hard work pays off. My version of the Beatitudes. Do the right thing, put up with unfairness, selfishness, stay true to yourself... one day it all works out. Of course, I don't know that people who wronged you suffer or get their just deserts. I don't think it works that way. But I do think that one day you get your reward.”

“The key to your happines is to own your slippers, own who you are, own how you look, own your family, own the talents you have, and own the ones you don't. If you keep saying your slippers aren't yours, then you'll die searching, you'll die bitter, always feeling you were promised more.”