Quotes from Patricia Wolfe

Your brain is the "greediest" organ in the body; the resting brain uses oxygen and glucose at 10 times the rate of the rest of the body. Thus, even though the brain makes up less than 2.5 percent of total body weight, it is responsible for 20 percent of the body's energy consumption.

People who have lost their memories have lost much of what makes them who they are. Memory is what enables us to learn by experience. In fact, memory is essential to survival.