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medicine routinely undermines its mission by dismissing the sorts of knowledge I looked for in those course catalogs. So many parts of our complicated human lives don’t easily lend themselves
“What was love but a lifetime of conversations. And silences. Knowing when to be silent. Above all, knowing when to laugh.”
― Midwinter Break
― Midwinter Break
“You must not ever stop being whimsical. And you must not, ever, give anyone else the responsibility for your life.”
― Wild Geese
― Wild Geese
“Most of them are mothers, and the vast majority have experienced violence. Many still suffer the effects. Many are imprisoned in facilities that don’t support their hygiene and health. As you read this, there are women being shackled while they’re pregnant. In some states, they”
― The Truths We Hold: An American Journey
― The Truths We Hold: An American Journey
“addiction, their situation is made worse, not better, by involvement in the criminal justice system. What they need is treatment, and we should fight for a system that provides it. And even when people have committed offenses that require jail time, that doesn’t mean they’ll never”
― The Truths We Hold: An American Journey
― The Truths We Hold: An American Journey
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