"Maybe it was written on my face that I'd become aware of human complexity - that's a kinder word than "deceit"."

"Her skills were so rare, so needed for the poorest of the poor, and even at times in the royal palace, that she felt …"

"... How we treat the least of out brethren, how we treat the peasant suffering with volvulus, that's the measure of t…"

"A rich man's faults are covered with money, but a surgeon's faults are covered with earth."

"When she walked away I felt the weight of what she left unsaid. I wanted to call after her, Ma! You have it all wrong…"

"All possibilities resided within me, and they required me to be here. If I left, what would be left of me?"

"Ghosh sighed. "I hope one day you see this as clearly as I did in Kerchele. The key to your happiness is to own your …"

"And that is how he passed from this life to the next, without fanfare, with characteristic simplicity, fearless, open…"

"The ritual of immigration and baggage claim at Kennedy Airport went by so quickly that I wondered if I'd missed it. W…"

"Encouraged by the old surgical saw "Any idiot can amputate a led," Ghosh had decided to proceed. If he hesitated, it …"