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Aphasia Quotes

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Oliver Sacks
“Thus the feeling I sometimes have - which all of us who work closely with aphasiacs have - that one cannot lie to an aphasiac. He cannot grasp your words, and cannot be deceived by them; but what he grasps he grasps with infallible precision, namely the expression that goes with the words, the total, spontaneous, involuntary expressiveness which can never be simulated or faked, as words alone can, too easily.”
Oliver Sacks, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales

Diane Ackerman
“It's like having a head full of holes, in which the perfect repository of words have shamed themselves," he lamented.”
Diane Ackerman, One Hundred Names for Love: A Stroke, a Marriage, and the Language of Healing

Laura Kinsale
“He put his fist against his chest. 鈥淏urn, Maddygirl,鈥� he said. Then he turned and left her in the flickering gloom and thunder.”
Laura Kinsale, Flowers from the Storm

Debra Meyerson
“Since so much of our identity is constructed through our social relationships, which rely so heavily on language, aphasia can obliterate that feeling of belonging”
Debra Meyerson, Identity Theft: Rediscovering Ourselves After Stroke

Laura Kinsale
"The duke stopped beside Maddy鈥檚 chair. He turned to Mr. Pember and in the sort of tone that could command regiments, uttered. 鈥淐at.鈥�
Laura Kinsale, Flowers from the Storm