“Sometimes I find myself standing on the edge of a pool of despair, filled by my tears...but not today.”

“..I don't count Jennifer among my mistakes. She had a severe infection and precious little reserve. Nevertheless, I think of her often. Those minutes of terror and confusion I felt standing powerless in her room served as a visceral reminder throughout my training... that the big picture isn't enough in medicine...”

“What are you not doing today that you were doing when I first met you?”

“I live to create value in peoples' lives and I measure myself by their reactions. I'm a love merchant. I trade in intangibles.”

“I write to be a part of something - a world made up of words and ideas, which are sometimes painfully criticized, gratefully loved and can never be destroyed.”

“When the river rises, sometimes the only thing to do is float.”

“I’m working as hard as I can to get my life and my cash to run out at the same time. If I can just die after lunch Tuesday, everything will be perfect.”