“We'd incorporated Asia into our bones - its colours and laughter, its smells, its rhythms, its tolerance and patience, its compassion, its lack of ageism.”

“ everything was fresh, green and particularly beautiful. Afternoon light, filtering between remnants of monsoon clouds, picked out gullies and spot-lit patches of forest and scrub on the convoluted...”

“The Chinese say that there is no scenery in your home town. Theyre right. Being in another place heightens the senses, allows you to see more, enjoy more, take delight in small things; it makes lif...”

“a Nepali outlook, pace and philosophy had prevented us being swamped by our problems. In Nepal it was easier to take life day by day.”

“GPs are almost the only doctors these days who understand all problems, can see the whole personspend time with the dyingsee things through to the end.”

“Major Chhetri's pronouncement when we'd first arrived in Nepal came echoing back: "Things that start in the rain end well.”

“I believe that words are strong, that they can overwhelm what we fear when fear seems more awful than life is good.”

“Her question was clear-Father, where does the Loss reside?In the sighs?Cheeks with tears wiped?A lost appetite?Owning a room confined?Or in the smiles all falsified?Thus, the Father decide,It is no...”

“Find time for a private conversation with your creator so that you can ask Him about the purpose of your existence”

“The Chinese say that there is no scenery in your home town. Theyre right. Being in another place heightens the senses, allows you to see more, enjoy more, take delight in small things; it makes lif...”

“a Nepali outlook, pace and philosophy had prevented us being swamped by our problems. In Nepal it was easier to take life day by day.”

“You can take a my body out of Nepal but you can never take my soul and Heart from a Nepal .”