November 24, 2015

"I have had an intercourse with the world, the special intercourse of writers and readers."

"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 an adventure."

From "4 Oliver Sacks Quotes on Gratitude," which extracts quotes from a new Oliver Sacks book — just right for Thanksgiving — titled "Gratitude."

It contains the quotes of others, such as Samuel Beckett saying "I wouldn’t go as far as that" when somebody said "Doesn’t a day like this make you glad to be alive?"

9 comments:

Mid-Life Lawyer said...

Nice to read something more traditionally Thanksgivingish. The Beckett thing is hilarious. I'm going to jot that down.

Bobby said...

Uhm, where's Laslo? I thought he'd have several comments up already...

Fernandinande said...

"I wouldn’t go as far as that"

Small precuneus.

lgv said...

As I read the headline, I thought it was quote from Bill Clinton from the love story article.

Sebastian said...

"just right for Thanksgiving"

I wouldn't go as far as that.

Gahrie said...

I had a political talk radio show in college. I wanted to call it Intercourse, but they wouldn't let me. I ended up calling it Discourse.

Bill said...

I love Beckett, who was said to be inordinately kind. He really would give beggars the coat off his back.

Ipso Fatso said...

Just for the record, Oliver hasn't had Intercourse with me.

cubanbob said...

" I have had intercourse with the world... I'm not that promiscuous.
Snark aside, he was a wonderful writer and a great humanizer of people suffering from terrible afflictions.