In general, people are afraid to acknowledge hallucinations because they immediately see them as a sign of something awful happening to the brain, whereas in most cases theyre not.

The past which is not recoverable in any other way is embedded, as if in amber, in the music, and people can regain a sense of identity.

I feel a sudden clear focus and perspective. There is no time for anything inessential.

If a man with a dog sits quietly enjoying music and smiling, his dog might sit down beside him and smile, too. But who knows whether the dog is having a comparable experience or whether the dog is simply happy that his master is happy.

If migraine patients have a common and legitimate second complaint besides their migraines, it is that they have not been listened to by physicians. Looked at, investigated, drugged, charged, but not listened to.

I am now face to face with dying. But I am not finished with living.

I feel I should be trying to complete my life, whatever completing a life means.