Brazilian author João Ubaldo Ribeiro, who as a young journalist spent several evenings in the Huxleys' company in the late 1950s, wrote that Huxley had said to him, with a wry smile: "I can hardly see at all.
bɹæzˈɪliən ˈɔːθɚ dʒˈoʊoʊ juːbˈɔːldoʊ ɹaɪbˈiəɹoʊ, hˌuː æz ɐ jˈʌŋ dʒˈɜːnəlˌɪst spˈɛnt sˈɛvɹəl ˈiːvnɪŋz ɪnðə hˈʌksliz kˈʌmpəni ɪnðə lˈeɪt nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti z, ɹˈoʊt ðæt hˈʌksli hæd sˈɛd tə hˌɪm, wɪð ɐ ɹˈaɪ smˈaɪl: "aɪ kæn hˈɑːɹdli sˈiː æɾ ˈɔːl.