Getting to know patients is what I do. I learn about their deepest fears and secrets. A professional relationship becomes a personal one. It can be no other way. (190)

“I used to say I would pay good money to forget most of my life. Now I want the …”

“I know the answer now, but I’m so frightened I’ve forgotten the question.”

“Loving children is easy. Keeping them is hard.”

“I thought I knew everything about friendship and family: the happiness, simplic…”