Gerhard

“What we need is not so much radical writers as we need radical readers!”
― Samuel R. Delany

“The great and terrible thing about humankind is simply this: we will always do what we are capable of.”
― Ray Nayler, The Mountain in the Sea

“The concept of “brain plasticity” refers to the ongoing capacity of the brain and the nervous system to change itself. Everything that we do, think, feel, and experience changes our brain. A stroke or a traumatic brain injury can affect brain plasticity, and plasticity may also be associated with such developmental disorders as autism. Increased brain plasticity may also potentially endow a person with unanticipated new abilities, as John appears to have experienced in this book. TMS, or transcranial magnetic stimulation, the intervention that John undergoes, provides a unique opportunity for us to learn about the mechanisms of plasticity, and to identify alterations in the brain’s networks that may be responsible for a patient’s problematic symptoms, and also for recovery.”
― John Elder Robison, Switched On: A Memoir of Brain Change and Emotional Awakening

“There are thousands of five-letter words in the English dictionary, but it only takes one to win Wordle.”
― Alexis Benveniste and Jackie Frere