I had just dropped out of medicine in my first year of residency, a few months shy of becoming a licensed M.D. I'd discovered there was something serious, mainly a matter of nerve and perhaps empathy, that stood in my way.

“Sometimes the past can vanish.”

“Science doesn't tell us what we should do. It only tells us what is.”

“Sadness is more or less like a head cold - with patience, it passes. Depression…”

“You're asking yourself, Can I give this child the best possible upbringing and …”