"Injections are the best thing ever invented..." - Quote by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

“She was lost in her longing to understand.”

“A falcon who chases a warlike crane can only hope for a life of pain.”

“The world was reduced to the surface of her skin and her inner self was safe from all bitterness.”

“I have endeavored to show that there is no real service of humanity in the profession of medicine and that it is injurious to mankind.”

“I tell you, the old-fashioned doctor who treated all diseases has completely disappeared, now there are only specialists, and they advertise all the time in the newspapers. If your nose hurts, they send you to Paris: there's a European specialist there, he treats noses. You go to Paris, he examines your nose: I can treat only your right nostril, he says, I don't treat left nostrils, it's not my specialty, but after me, go to Vienna, there's a separate specialist there who will finish treating your left nostril.”

“Every doctor will allow a colleague to decimate a whole countryside sooner than violate the bond of professional etiquette by giving him away.”

“No families take so little medicine as those of doctors, except those of apothecaries.”

“It is a good idea to 'shop around' before you settle on a doctor. Ask about the condition of his Mercedes. Ask about the competence of his mechanic. Don't be shy! After all, you're paying for it.”

“A physician is an unfortunate gentleman who is every day required to perform a miracle; namely to reconcile health with intemperance.”