I think hallucinations need to be discussed. There are all sorts of hallucinations, and then many sorts which are okay, like the ones I think which most of us have in bed at night before we fall asleep, when we can see all sorts of patterns or faces and scenes.
Oliver SacksI suspect that music has qualities both of speech and writing - partly built in, partly individually constructed - and this goes on all through one's life.
Oliver Sacksthere are other senses - secret senses, sixth senses, if you will - equally vital, but unrecognized, and unlauded.
Oliver SacksI cannot pretend I am without fear. But my predominant feeling is one of gratitude. I have loved and been loved; I have been given much and I have given something in return; I have read and traveled and thought and written. I have had an intercourse with the world, the special intercourse of writers and readers.
Oliver Sacks