Ryan Gate

“Who was I, at my core? Was I primarily a schizophrenic? Did that illness define me? Or was it an “accident” of being—and only peripheral to me rather than the “essence” of me? It’s been my observation that mentally ill people struggle with these questions perhaps even more than those with serious physical illnesses, because mental illness involves your mind and your core self as well. A woman with cancer isn’t Cancer Woman; a man with heart disease isn’t Diseased Heart Guy; a teenager with a broken leg isn’t The Broken Leg Kid. But if, as our society seemed to suggest, good health was partly mind over matter, what hope did someone with a broken mind have?”
― Elyn R. Saks, The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness

“Could it be that the moral imperative not to destroy the means of correcting mistakes is the only moral imperative?”
― David Deutsch, The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World

“The best thing for your nervous system is another human. The worst thing for your nervous system is also another human. This situation leads us to a fundamental dilemma of the human condition.”
― Lisa Feldman Barrett, Seven And A Half Lessons About The Brain

“If something is permitted by the laws of physics, then the only thing that can prevent it from being technologically possible is not knowing how.”
― David Deutsch, The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World