Quote by: Oliver Sacks

I have traversed many kinds of health, and keep traversing them... and as for sickness: are we not almost tempted to ask whether we could get along without it? Only great pain is the liberator of the spirit.


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Author Bio


  • NameOliver Sacks
  • Descriptionphysician, author
  • AliasesOliver Wolf Sacks
  • BornJuly 9, 1933
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionWriter; Chemist; Neuroscientist
  • AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship; Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire; George Polk Award