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“In the Middle Ages, charity was accepted as doing as much for the giver as it did for the receiver,”
― God's Hotel: A Doctor, a Hospital, and a Pilgrimage to the Heart of Medicine
― God's Hotel: A Doctor, a Hospital, and a Pilgrimage to the Heart of Medicine
“The West’s unique and, when you thought about it, surprising ideal—that a society should take care of its sick poor—had originated in those monastic hospices and infirmaries of the Middle Ages. But”
― God's Hotel: A Doctor, a Hospital, and a Pilgrimage to the Heart of Medicine
― God's Hotel: A Doctor, a Hospital, and a Pilgrimage to the Heart of Medicine
“They ate and drank moderately, walked a lot, and had real vacations: They had not forgotten Dr. Diet, Dr. Quiet, and Dr. Merryman. Page”
― God's Hotel: A Doctor, a Hospital, and a Pilgrimage to the Heart of Medicine
― God's Hotel: A Doctor, a Hospital, and a Pilgrimage to the Heart of Medicine
“Even when you win the rat race , you're still a rat .”
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“With guns you can kill terrorists, with education you can kill terrorism.”
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We are reading her books from the first one published to the last one published each month. However, do not let that stop you from reading them out of ...more
White Nights
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For anyone remotely interested and versed in Russian literature, history and culture. Love Pushkin, Tolstoy, Chekhov, Dostoevsky, Akhmatova, Nabokov? ...more
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Together Women Rise is a powerful community of women and allies dedicated to achieving global gender equality. This book club is open to ANYONE who c ...more
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A fan club honoring the hilarious but understated British author, Barbara Pym, who has been called a 20th century Jane Austen.
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