Oliver Sacks Quotes

I think 'Lost Boy' is just really relatable. You can be any age from any place in life, and you're bound to feel lonely at some point.

Dogs have more love than integrity. They've been true to us, yes, but they haven't been true to themselves.

In the confusion we stay with each other, happy to be together, speaking without uttering a single word.

When the dog looks at you, the dog is not thinking what kind of a person you are. The dog is not judging you.

I believe love is finding the person you're happiest with because he understands and accepts you the way you exactly are.

My music is straightforward because I want to give people me and let them know they're not alone in going through the things that they go through.

I'm always amazed at how records can make you feel like somebody else understands you.

An ancient father says that a dog we know is better company than a man whose language we do not understand.

You have learned enough to see that cats are much like you and me.

This is a lifelong dream of mine and I'm very very glad to be with you.

What were you thinking about? When I came in?" "Being Sam," I said. "What a nice thing to be," Grace said. And then she smiled, bigger and bigger, until I felt my expression mirror hers, our noses touching.

They [dogs] never talk about themselves but listen to you while you talk about yourself, and keep up an appearance of being interested in the conversation.

What do dogs want? They want each other. Human beings are merely a cynomorphic substitute.

But life's joys are only joys if they can be shared.

We weep and laugh, as we see others do.

I live in the facial expressions of the other, as I feel him living in mine.

Fatty, a bearded collie-terrier mix, is the kindest, cuddliest dog. And Oliver, a white golden retriever, even looks like me! My dogs have taught me to be more loving, more nurturing, and happier.

Friendship is one of the greatest gifts a human being can receive. It is a bond beyond common goals, common interests, or common histories. It is a bond stronger than sexual union can create, deeper than a shared fate can solidify, and even more intimate than the bonds of marriage or community. Friendship is being with the other in joy and sorrow, even when we cannot increase the joy or decrease the sorrow. It is a unity of souls that gives nobility and sincerity to love. Friendship makes all of life shine brightly.

Humans are able to give very good feedback. You can't tell with an animal what they feel.

I think we often write because we feel a loneliness, and people read for the same reason, and then they come away feeling a little less lonely.

I know now why you cry, but it's something I can never do.

It is by muteness that a dog becomes for one so utterly beyond value; with him one is at peace, where words play no torturing tricks.Those are the moments that I think are precious to a dog-when, with his adoring soul coming through his eyes, he feels that you are really thinking of him.

One of the greatest gifts we receive from dogs is the tenderness they evoke in us

Love . . . includes fellowship in suffering, in joy and in effort.

Friendship allows you to see your own life but with a second sympathetic self.