Gratitude
by Oliver Sacks
Four short essays Sacks wrote in his last two years, after a terminal diagnosis, on aging, mercury, his life and gratitude. Forty-five pages that many people reread.
Read it if…
you want a brief, luminous meditation on the end of a life well spent.
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Skip it if…
you want length; this is slight by design.
Try instead: The Comfort of Crows →
Three things you will actually use
- Gratitude is possible at the end.
- A life of work and love is enough.
- Say it while you can.
Do this first
Read 'My Own Life' tonight.
Our verdict
Four luminous essays.
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