“In examining disease, we gain wisdom about anatomy and physiology and biology. In examining the person with disease, we gain wisdom about life.”
英语
“研究疾病，我们获得关于解剖学、生理学和生物学的智慧。研究患病的人，我们获得关于生命的智慧。”
“There is no one so ill that he or she cannot be reached. Everyone, even the most devastated, has a deep need to tell the story of their lives, to compose a narrative, and this act of composing is itself an act of reclaiming identity.”
英语
“没有任何人病重到无法被触及。每个人，即使是最受摧残的人，都有讲述自己生命故事、编织叙事的深层需要，而这种编织的行为本身就是重建身份认同的行为。”
“Every act of perception is to some degree an act of creation, and every act of memory is to some degree an act of imagination.”
英语
“每一次感知在某种程度上都是一次创造，每一次记忆在某种程度上都是一次想象。”
“Above all, I have been a sentient being, a thinking animal, on this beautiful planet, and that in itself has been an enormous privilege and adventure.”
英语
“最重要的是，我一直是这个美丽星球上一个有知觉的生命、一个思考的动物，这本身就是一种巨大的特权和冒险。”