"Awakenings" Quotes
A captivating exploration of the extraordinary therapeutic effects of a new drug on patients with encephalitis lethargica.
nonfiction | 464 pages | Published in NaN
Quotes
The endless permutations and combinations of the motor impulse, the motor discharge, are what give rise to the infinite variety of human movement.
The human brain, it has been said, is the most complexly organized structure in the universe.
The past, the present, the future, all are one in the syndrome, the syndrome is the essence, the essence is the syndrome.
The most profound joy, the most moving moments of life are to be found not in the external world, but in the soul of man.
Life, too, is a dance, sometimes graceful, sometimes violent and ecstatic, but always in motion, always in flux.
The human mind is a complex and fragile instrument, capable of both extraordinary brilliance and devastating malfunction.
The power of music to integrate and cure is quite fundamental. It is the profoundest nonchemical medication.
The brain is a universe, within and without, the self and the world, the cause and the effect, the observer and the observed.
The human spirit is indomitable, capable of enduring unimaginable suffering and finding strength in the face of adversity.
The awakening is not a cure, it is not remission, it is not a return to normality; it is a revelation, a transformation.
