I cannot pretend I am without fear. But my predominant feeling is one …

Oliver Sacks
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I cannot pretend I am without fear. But my predominant feeling is one of gratitude. I have loved and been loved; I have been given much and I have given something in return; I have read and traveled and thought and written. I have had an intercourse with the world, the special intercourse of writers and readers. ✨ Oliver Sacks (2015). Gratitude, p.14, Pan Macmillan
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