"In the end, man is an event which cannot judge itself, but, for better or worse, is left to the judgment of others."-C.G. Jung
"In an extraordinary way, she has both succeeded and failed. She has succeeded in operating, but not in being. She has succeeded to an almost incredible extent in all the accommodations that will, courage, tenacity, independence and the plasticity of the senses and the nervous system will permit. She has faced, she faces, an unprecedented situation, has battled against unimaginable difficulties and odds, and has survived as an indomitable, impressive human being. She is one of those unsung heroes, or heroines, of neurological affliction.
But still and forever she remains defective and defeated. "- Oliver Sacks
I'm no longer the same person I was a few years ago. And I don't know if that's a marvelous thing, or the most horrible ordeal.
Interpol