Oliver Sacks

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 they're not.

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These are some quotes by British author Oliver Sacks Scientist, who lived between July 9, 1933 and August 30, 2015.

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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 Sacks

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If a man has lost a leg or an eye, he knows he has lost a leg or an eye; but if he has lost a self - himself - he cannot know it, because he is no longer there to know it.

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Elements and birthdays have been intertwined for me since boyhood, when I learned about atomic numbers.

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