Michael Palmer > Quotes

“Sometimes we have to hit bottom before we figure out how to really enjoy life.”
― Michael Palmer, Miracle Cure

“Never compare your inside with somebody else's outside.
-Gabe Singleton remembering his counselor's first advice-”
― Michael Palmer

“You must have me confused with myself”
― Michael Palmer, The Promises of Glass

“The world can be hard, full of trickery,
Full of deceit,
Full of injustice,
Full of pain.
But there is an emptiness waiting, my friend--a great glowing emptiness,
Soft and fragrant with the essence of peace,
The essence of serenity.
You are almost there, my friend.
The magnificent emptiness is the eternal harbor for your soul.
Take my hand, friend.
Take my hand and take a step, just one more step,
And you are there.”
― Michael Palmer

“Prior to their discovery in 1917, phages had been linked to miracle waters—rivers in India and other places with the power to cure diseases from leprosy to cholera. Only later did scientists, examining a naturally occurring treatment for dysentery, discover these “cures” were phages, feasting on and eradicating the disease-causing bacteria.”
― Michael Palmer, Resistant

“Remember, your dad loves you and he always wanted more for you than he ever wanted for himself. And if he pushes your buttons, just tell yourself that he’s a master at doing that because he’s the one who installed them in the first place.”
― Michael Palmer, Miracle Cure

“The only entitlement guaranteed should be the fruits of one’s own labor.”
― Michael Palmer, Resistant

“You mean that's your idea of desire, with all those commas?”
― Michael Palmer

“When you’re becoming overwhelmed, just make a list. Make a list and do one thing at a time.”
― Michael Palmer, The Second Opinion

“I can’t make myself be happy but I can always make myself not be miserable. - Dr. Lou Welcome”
― Michael Palmer, Oath of Office

“Já vím, kamaráde. Snažím se tohle všechno nezapomínat, ale je to stejně snadné jako sprchovat slona ve vaně."
"Hezká představa, ale já mám spíš dojem, že sprchujeme hejno opic.”
― Michael Palmer, The First Patient

“- Te îndrăgostești de ea?
- E prea devreme să îmi dau seama.”
― Michael Palmer, The First Patient

“Când nu ești sigur, ocolește.”
― Michael Palmer, The First Patient

“The hospital, like a beast with a thousand hearts, was stretching and yawning, settling into the night.”
― Michael Palmer, The Second Opinion

“might have been teleported to the”
― Michael Palmer, The Fifth Vial

“From the moment the doors of a hospital open for the first time and the first patient is treated, the facility acquires a pulse and begins to develop a personality as unique as any individual's. It fumbles and grows, learning from its mistakes. It stretches and explores, reaching out more and more to the world around it. Its organs decay and need repair or replacement. Its moods - the collective moods of its patients and employees - grow more distinctive.”
― Michael Palmer

“a heavy, hooded wool”
― Michael Palmer, A Heartbeat Away

“country highway. He sensed that he was”
― Michael Palmer, Extreme Measures

“an occasional birthday dinner, and of course Marathon”
― Michael Palmer, Trauma

“- Mai e ceaiul, spuse Lily Sexton. Niciodată să nu uiți de ceai.”
― Michael Palmer, The First Patient

“samples, which he then input”
― Michael Palmer, A Heartbeat Away