The great thing about telling somebody they're dying is it tends to focus their priorities. You find out what matters to them. What they're willing to die for. What they're willing to lie for.
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It's good news. The great news is she insists there's no way she's gonna change her mind, which means she's actually thought about changing her mind, which means she's not sure she's ready to be a mom, which means she shouldn't be a mom, which means she's gonna change her mind, the only question is when.
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Gotta let the phone ring more than four times when you're calling a cripple.
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Hey, want to see if your client is actually made of money?
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If her brain's slowly turning into Swiss Cheese, not a whole lot we can do...
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It's amazing the way people cling to insults. Or what they think are insults.
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I'm physically incapable of being polite.
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No, if you talk to God you're religious. If God talks to you, you're psychotic.
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If I wanted gifts, I'd just look deeply into my patients' eyes and act like you. “I'm so sorry you're dying, Mrs. Moron. Of course I'll sleep with you. What I lack in skill, I make up for in –“
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I'm not suggesting that like our patient, you are hiding a dark sarcastic core beneath a candy shell of compulsive niceness.
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Shocks without shock, an itch that won't stop. She needs Dr. Seuss.
