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May Sarton Poet
Patient

"We can do anything, or almost, but how balanced, magnanimous, and modest one has to be to do anything! And also how patient. It is as true in the arts as anywhere else."

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"One should treat one's fate as one does one's health; enjoy it when it is good, be patient with it when it is poor, and never attempt any drastic cure save as an ultimate resort."

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Joe Murray Artist, Illustrator
Patient

"Post-operatively the transplanted kidney functioned immediately with a dramatic improvement in the patient's renal and cardiopulmonary status."

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Elizabeth Gilbert Author, Memoirist
Patient

"My restlessness makes me a far better day-to-day traveler than he will ever be. I am infinitely curious and almost infinitely patient with mishaps, discomforts, and minor disasters. So I can go anywhere on the planet—that’s not a problem. The problem is that I just can’t live anywhere on the planet."

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Carl Jung Psychiatrist, Psychoanalyst
Patient

"My work as a psychoanalyst is to help patients recover their lost wholeness and to strengthen the psyche so it can resist future dismemberment."

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Dodie Smith Author
Patient

"Topaz was wonderfully patient - but sometimes I wonder if it is not only patience, but also a faint resemblance to cows."

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