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Bill Richards, a preternaturally cheerful man in his seventies, is a bridge between the two eras of psychedelic therapy.
Michael Pollan • How to Change Your Mind: The New Science of Psychedelics
As a doctor, I was an agent, a cause; as a patient, I was merely something to which things happened.
Paul Kalanithi • When Breath Becomes Air
He was eerily lit from below by the red glow of a powerful battery of heat lamps, and his bifocals, flecked with tiny droplets of juice and blood, reflected the meat table, upside down and miniaturized, a carnal microcosm.
Neal Stephenson • The Cobweb: A Novel
Marcus observes how willingly we will put up with unpleasantness if commanded to by the magic words “doctor’s orders.”