Stephanie

“Mine is a gruesome job, but for a scientist with a love for the mechanics of the human body, a great one.”
― Judy Melinek, Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner

“Pursue your passion, and everything will fall into place. This is not being romantic. This is the highest order of pragmatism.”
― Gabrielle Giffords, Gabby: A Story of Courage and Hope

“If you make me lunch," he said, "will you put it in a brown paper bag?...Because when I see kids come to school with their lunch in a paper bag, that means that someone cares about them. Miss Laura, can I please have my lunch in a paper bag?”
― Laura Schroff, An Invisible Thread

“There are no emergency autopsies,” another resident pointed out to me. “Your patients never complain. They don’t page you during dinner. And they’ll still be dead tomorrow.”
― Judy Melinek, Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner