Good Chemistry: The Science of Connection, from Soul to Psychedelics

by Julie Holland

Loneliness does not come from having no people around you, but from being unable to communicate the things that seem important to you.

There is a great saying in addiction medicine: you can never get enough of something that almost works.

There is no coming to consciousness without pain. People will do anything, no matter how absurd, in order to avoid facing their own soul. One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.