Encouraged by the old surgical saw "Any idiot can amputate a led," Ghosh had decided to proceed. If he hesitated, it was because the rest of the sayi… - Cutting for Stone

But you reach a point where after trying and trying you say, Patience be damned. Let them suffer their distorted worldview. Your job is to preserve yourself, not to descend into their hole. It's a relief when you arrive at this place, the point of absurdity, because then you are free, you know you owe them nothing.

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

You can’t walk across a lake just because you change its name to “land.” Labels matter.