Oliver Sacks quote: Very young children love and demand stories, and can understand complex matters presented as stories, when their powers of comprehending ...

Very young children love and demand stories, and can understand complex matters presented as stories, when their powers of comprehending general concepts, paradigms, are almost nonexistent.

~ Oliver Sacks ~

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