On the Move: A Life

by Oliver Sacks

“Forget about lumber camps. Go to California. See the redwoods. See the missions. See Yosemite. See Palomar—it’s a supreme experience for an intelligent man. I once talked to Hubble and found he knew a prodigious amount of law. Did you know that he was a lawyer before he turned to the stars? And go to San Francisco! It’s one of the twelve most interesting cities in the world. California has immense contrasts—the utmost wealth and the most hideous squalor. But there’s beauty and interest everywhere.