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It is up to me now to choose how to live out the months that remain to me.
Oliver Sacks
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My Own Life (2015); Exact wording and attribution checked. Written after his terminal cancer diagnosis. Primary essay checked through a complete attributed reproduction; original NYT URL unavailable to tool.
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