Tuesday, September 19, 2006

stock and trade

Well, what is the sense of ruining my head and erasing my memory, which is my capital, and putting me out of business? It was a brilliant cure, but we lost the patient.

Ernest Hemingway commenting on the electroconvulsive therapy that he received shortly before his suicide. As quoted by Jane Brody in the Science section of today’s New York Times.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

wow -- that's horrifying.

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