Oliver Sacks - Narrative Quotes

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To be ourselves we must have ourselves – possess, if need be re-possess, our life-stories. We must recollect ourselves, recollect the inner drama, the narrative, of ourselves. A man needs such a narrative, a continuous inner narrative, to maintain his identity, his self.

Oliver Sacks

Biologically, physiologically, we are not so different from each other; historically, as narratives - we are each of us unique.

Oliver Sacks