“Oh, no, darlin’, none o’ that. Sure and they destroyed some cells, no doubt about it, but ‘twas for the good. If you want your tree to produce plenty o’ fruit, you’ve got to cut it back from time to time. Same thing with your neural cells. Some people might call it brain damage. I call it prunin’.”

“Oh, no, darlin’, none o’ that. Sure and they destroyed some cells, no doubt about it, but ‘twas for the good. If you want your tree to produce plenty o’ fruit, you’ve got to cut it back from time to time. Same thing with your neural cells. Some people might call it brain damage. I call it prunin’.”

— Tom Robbins