“ And so was Luria, whose words now came back to me: ‘A man does not consist of memory alone. He has feeling, will, sensibility, moral being ... It is here ... you may touch him, and see a profound chan… Oliver Sacks
“ يمكن لطفل أن يتابع الكتاب المقدس قبل أن يتابع إقيلدس, ليس لأن الكتاب المقدس أبسط (يمكن قول العكس) بل لأنه مطروح بأسلوب رمزي و قصصي Oliver Sacks
“ [I]t is precisely such a paradox that lies at the heart of nostalgia - for nostalgia is about a fantasy that never takes place, one that maintains itself by not being fulfilled. Oliver Sacks
“ This will involve audacity, clarity and plain speaking; trying to straighten my accounts with the world. Oliver Sacks
“ It takes a special energy, over and above one's creative potential, a special audacity or subversiveness, to strike out in a new direction once one is settled. It is a gamble as all creative projects… Oliver Sacks
“ I liked numbers because they were solid, invariant; they stood unmoved in a chaotic world. There was in numbers and their relation something absolute, certain, not to be questioned, beyond doubt. Oliver Sacks
“ He reached out his hand, and took hold of his wife’s head, tried to lift it off, to put it on. He had apparently mistaken his wife for a hat! Oliver Sacks
“ God thinks in numbers,’ Auntie Len used to say. ‘Numbers are the way the world is put together. Oliver Sacks
“ من السهل تذكر الأمور الجميلة في الحياة ، الأوقات التي يبتهج فيها قلب المرء وينفتح حين يكون كل شيء مطوقاً بالعطف والحب من السهل تذكر صفاء الحياة؛ كم كان المرء نبيلا وكريماً وشجاعاً في مواجهة المحن لكن… Oliver Sacks
“ The left hemisphere is more sophisticated and specialized, a very late outgrowth of the primate, and especially the hominid, brain. On the other hand, it is the right hemisphere which controls the cru… Oliver Sacks
“ Sudden fright, or rage, or other strong emotion may disperse and displace a migraine almost within seconds. One Oliver Sacks
“ Não haverá ninguém como nós quando partirmos, mas pensando bem nunca uma pessoa é como outra. Quem morre não pode ser substituído. Deixa lacunas que não podem ser preenchidas, pois é o destino - desti… Oliver Sacks
“ I worked with Mr. I., this was giving way to a very different vision of the brain-mind, a vision of it as essentially constructive or creative. I added that I had now started to wonder whether all per… Oliver Sacks
