Borgess Medical Center Quotes & Sayings

The treasures of your life will present themselves to you only if you really are open to them. — Robin Sharma

Being a Victoria's Secret model, which was always my dream. — Heidi Klum

Vicarious traumatization. It can happen to those who bear secondary witness to the traumas of others. — Wally Lamb

The unexpected connection is more powerful than one that is obvious. — Heraclitus

I wish people were nicer, she says softly before yawning. Me fucking too. — Krista Ritchie

Science Fiction properly conceived, like all serious fiction, however funny, is a way of trying to describe what is going on, what people actually do and feel, how people relate to everything else in this vast sack, this belly of the universe, this womb of things to be and tomb of things that were, this unending story. In it, as in all fiction, there is room enough to keep even Man where he belongs, in his place in the scheme of things, there is time enough to gather plenty of wild oats and sow them, too, and sing to little Oom, and listen to Ool's joke, and watch newts, and still the story isn't over. Still there are seeds to be gathered and room in the bag of stars. — Ursula K. Le Guin

Never do I close my door behind me without being conscious that I am carrying out an act of charity towards myself. — Peter Hoeg

It is an indescribable
experience knowing that
what you are doing will have
an impact on the lives ... of
millions of people. — Anthony S. Fauci

I hate the man who eats without knowing what he's eating. I doubt his taste in more important things. — Charles Lamb

I have never limited myself by focusing much on being a 'normal' teenager. — Mikaela Shiffrin

It's a toss-up whether the scenery or the adornment of Marilyn Monroe is the feature of greater attraction in River of No Return. The mountainous scenery is spectacular, but so in her own way is Miss Monroe. — Bosley Crowther

I wish more and more that health were studied half as much as disease is. Why, with all the endowment of research against cancer is no study made of those who are free from cancer? Why not inquire what foods they eat, what habits of body and mind they cultivate? And why never study animals in health and natural surroundings? Why always sickened and in an environment of strangeness and artificiality? — Sarah Norcliffe Cleghorn

It is easier for a woman to be a good wife than a good mother. A widow has two duties with contrary obligations: she is a mother and she must exercise paternal authority. Few woman are strong enough to understand and to play this role. — Honore De Balzac

I stare at the stars... And even though there are so many and they look so close together, I know they are light years apart. The glitter in the sky looks as if I could scoop it all up in my hands and let the stars swirl and touch one another, but they are so distant, so very far apart, that they cannot feel the warmth of each other, even though they are made of burning.
This is the secret of the stars, I tell myself. In the end, we are alone. No matter how close you seem, no one else can touch you. — Beth Revis

Elayne could not help herself. Nynaeve wielding her tongue like a needle, Cerandin stubborn as two mules, and now this. She threw back her head and screamed with frustration.
When the sound died, it seemed as if the animals had quieted. Horse handlers stood about, staring at her. Coolly, she ignored them. Nothing could worm its way under her skin now. She was as calm as ice, perfectly in control of herself.
"Was that a cry for help," Birgitte said, tilting her head, "or are you hungry? I suppose I could find a wet nurse in - "
Elayne strode away with a snarl that would have done any of the leopards proud. — Robert Jordan