Oliver Sacks Musicophilia Quotes

#1. Most of man's finest heroism is merely disguised necessity.

William Hurrell Mallock

#2. I've decided I'm going to live this life for some time to come. The freedom and simple beauty is just too good to pass up.

Christopher McCandless

#3. My soul is calm and clear, like the mountains in the morning. But they think I am cold, and a mocker with terrible jests.

Friedrich Nietzsche

#4. What would you call the highest happiness? Wratislaw was asked. The sense of competence, was the answer, given without hesitation.

John Buchan

#5. I don't like plots. I don't know what a plot means. I can't stand the idea of anything that starts in the beginning - you know, 'beginning, middle and end.'

Maira Kalman

#6. Take care, Gallowglass," Matthew murmured. It was no casual farewell, but an order. His nephew nodded. "As if your wife were my own.

Deborah Harkness

#7. Very strange!" he said to himself, vacantly. "It's like a scene in a novel - it's like nothing in real life." He

Wilkie Collins

#8. Being wild can be wearing a silly hat. Being wild can be dancing weird. Being wild can be shooting people. What do I think being wild is? Nothing. Actually, the whole world is wild. Everything is wild.

Juliette Lewis

#9. One person. All it takes is one person.
-Severus Snape , Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

J.K. Rowling

#10. You're a pain in my ass."
"I was a pain in the ass long before I met you, Roman. Don't take it personally.

Lauren Dane

#11. We leave lucrative jobs to take low-paying ones that provide a clearer sense of purpose.

Daniel H. Pink