I was on the shy side at school (one school report called me ‘diffident’) and Braefield had added a special timidity, bu — Oliver Sacks, Uncle Tungsten
I was on the shy side at school (one school report called me ‘diffident’) and Braefield had added a special timidity, bu — Oliver Sacks, Uncle Tungsten
I was on the shy side at school (one school report called me ‘diffident’) and Braefield had added a special timidity, bu — Oliver Sacks, Uncle Tungsten
I was on the shy side at school (one school report called me ‘diffident’) and Braefield had added a special timidity, bu — Oliver Sacks, Uncle Tungsten
I was on the shy side at school (one school report called me ‘diffident’) and Braefield had added a special timidity, bu — Oliver Sacks, Uncle Tungsten
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I was on the shy side at school (one school report called me ‘diffident’) and Braefield had added a special timidity, but when I had a natural wonder... I lost all my diffidence, and freely approached others, all my fear forgotten.

— Oliver Sacks, Uncle Tungsten
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