I believe in black holes. I believe that as the universe empties into nothingness, past and future will smack together in the last swirl around the drain.
("Cutting for Stone")
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As a child I'd longed for Thomas Stone or at least the idea of him. So many mornings I waited for him at the gates of Missing. I saw that vigil now as necessary, a prerequisite for my insides to harden and cure just like the willow of a cricket bat must cure to be ready for a lifetime of knocks. That was the lesson at Missing's gates: the world does not owe you and neither does your father.Abraham Verghese
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