I finished this book this morning and I’m still trying to figure out how I feel towards this book. But this paragraph stuck with me,

The whole college scene was soft. They never told you what to expect out there in the real world. They just crammed you with theory and never told you how hard the pavements were. A college education could destroy an individual for life. Books could make you soft. When you put them down and really went out there, then you needed to know what they never told you.

Till then..

Best known for his works in behavioral neurology and psychophysics, V.S. Ramachandran has been called “The Marco Polo of neuroscience” by Richard Dawkins and “the modern Paul Broca” by Eric Kandel. It is said that this book would “reveal what the most extreme pathologies can teach us about human nature”. 

Bought this today and can’t wait to start on it!

prettyclever:Oliver Sacks Covers by Cardon Webb(via @H_FJ)

Adding this to my reading list.

If you are interested in the psychological causes and effects of war and political reform or Holocaust, be sure to check out the books written by Dr Robert Jay Lifton. 

Well, now 
If little by little you stop loving me 
I shall stop loving you 
Little by little 
If suddenly you forget me 
Do not look for me 
For I shall already have forgotten you 

If you think it long and mad the wind of banners that passes through my life 
And you decide to leave me at the shore of the heart where I have roots 
Remember 
That on that day, at that hour, I shall lift my arms 
And my roots will set off to seek another land

Pablo Neruda

Came across this listopia list on goodreads and thought maybe someone will be interested to check it out. Guess which book is on top of the list? 

Oh yes, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-IV-TR by American Psychiatric Association.

Also, check out their ‘Medicine & Literature’ book list