Few doctors with the needful and appropriate medical degrees need to have Doctorates of any sort, let alone PHD's, to practice medicine.

General practice doctors in the US have to have a medical doctor degree or doctor of osteopathy degree.

Has anyone met someone who carries the title of Doctor who is a Doctor of philosophy, not a Doctor of Medicine?

I have met many such people.

Just in works of fiction.

Kindly friends of mine both have their PhD, but you wouldn't know it because they are down to earth and are very humble.

Lovely flowers are blooming outside my window, and the sun is shining bright.

Many months ago, the flowers bloomed, the birds sang, Spring had sprung and all was well in the world.

Nonetheless, since I was quite bored, I was hoping for an exciting adventure to make life more interesting.

Opening a book is like going on an adventure!

Probably a lot safer, too!

Queer things can happen in the outside world when one gets lost in a book.

Reading is much safer, then, than if you have a friend to warn you when something goes wrong.

Sometimes, though, if you just keep reading your book, it will all blow over by the time you're done.

That's why, if you read a book during times of trouble, pick a long book and read it in one sitting.