“It is the fate of every human being,” Sacks writes, “to be a unique individual, to find his own path, to live his own life, to die his own death.” Together, these four essays form an ode to the uniqueness of each human being and to gratitude for the gift of life. During the last few months of his life, he wrote a set of essays in which he movingly explored his feelings about completing a life and coming to terms with his own death. Above all, I have been a sentient being, a thinking animal, on this beautiful planet, and that in itself has been an enormous privilege and adventure.” -Oliver Sacks No writer has succeeded in capturing the medical and human drama of illness as honestly and as eloquently as Oliver Sacks. I want to lumber through my house, brush my teeth. I have been given much and I have given something in return. How Oliver Sacks Book Gratitude Helped Me through My Breakup. “My predominant feeling is one of gratitude.
You can read this before Gratitude PDF EPUB full Download at the bottom. Here is a quick description and cover image of book Gratitude written by Oliver Sacks which was published in 2015-11. Above all, I have been a sentient being, a thinking animal, on this beautiful planet, and that in itself has been an enormous privilege and adventure.Brief Summary of Book: Gratitude by Oliver Sacks I have had an intercourse with the world, the special intercourse of writers and readers.
I have loved and been loved I have been given much and I have given something in return I have read and travelled and thought and written. But my predominant feeling is one of gratitude. It is the fate of every human being, Sacks writes, to be a unique individual, to find his own path, to live his own life, to die his own death. Oliver Sacks died in August 2015 at his home in Greenwich Village, surrounded by his close. In a series of remarkable, beautifully written and uplifting meditations, in Gratitude Dr Sacks reflects on and gives thanks for a life well lived, and expresses his thoughts on growing old, facing terminal cancer and reaching the end. Read Gratitude by Oliver Sacks available from Rakuten Kobo. Īs Dr Sacks looked back over his long, adventurous life his final thoughts were of gratitude. He spent his final days doing what he loved: playing the piano, swimming, enjoying smoked salmon – and writing. Oliver Sacks, a physician and writer, was the author of thirteen books, including the global bestsellers, Awakenings (made into an award-winning film starring Robin Williams as Oliver Sacks), The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Musicophilia, and most recently his memoir, On the Move, published shortly before his death in 2015. Oliver Sacks died in August 2015 at his home in Greenwich Village, surrounded by his close friends and family.
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