“The shaman is not merely a sick man, or a madman; he is a sick man who has healed himself.”

“How sickness enlarges the dimensions of a man's self to himself.”

“A man who knows how little he knows is well, a man who knows how much he knows is sick.”

“… since you can't heal your own sick mind with your own sick mind, I needed to consult somebody else's sick mind.”

“Man, I'm sick of doubt.”

“If someone incessantly drops the word "life," you know he's a sick man.”

“Why do we put people who are on drugs in jail? They're sick, they're not criminals. Sick people don't get healed in prison. You see? It makes no sense.”

“You are a sick, sick man,” I told him.
“Thank you,” Ben replied, looking modest.”

“I am a sick man… I am a wicked man. An unattractive man.”

“… because man has been created in God’s image, sin is not natural. Sin is the deformation of man, it is a cancer, it is a sickness unto death which has infected man.”