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“The view from my window was of a sloping green field, dotted with a few muddy sheep; the same lush, safe, soggy world that nearly fifteen years earlier was all Lulu, Damien, and I had ever known. Until Dad had said, "We're going to Botswana."
I felt profoundly homesick, for the first time in my life.
Knowing I'd be back, I'd never minded leaving before. There was the comforting thought of returning.”
― Twenty Chickens for a Saddle
I felt profoundly homesick, for the first time in my life.
Knowing I'd be back, I'd never minded leaving before. There was the comforting thought of returning.”
― Twenty Chickens for a Saddle
“Everyone’s forgotten good old Hippocrates. Let food be your medicine and_"
Dad interrupted. "And there is a hell of a lot of bollocks out there. Mum and I should know—we've tried most of it."
"But this works," I said.
"Well, it does appear to," said Dad. "But it still needs a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial to be medically kosher. Unfortunately Prof Bouic's trial was only an open-label trial with no placebo control. My own philosophy is that if something's working and isn't toxic and people are dying while you wait, you shouldn't hang around for indisputable proof."
"Obviously," I said hotly.
Dad smiled. "Robbie, you're a seventeen-year-old vegetarian who hypnotizes people to augment dental anesthesia. Born during an acupuncture session. And raised on Bach flower remedies, soya beans, and enough dietary fiber to meet the annual needs of a small city. The obvious is subjective.”
― Twenty Chickens for a Saddle
Dad interrupted. "And there is a hell of a lot of bollocks out there. Mum and I should know—we've tried most of it."
"But this works," I said.
"Well, it does appear to," said Dad. "But it still needs a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial to be medically kosher. Unfortunately Prof Bouic's trial was only an open-label trial with no placebo control. My own philosophy is that if something's working and isn't toxic and people are dying while you wait, you shouldn't hang around for indisputable proof."
"Obviously," I said hotly.
Dad smiled. "Robbie, you're a seventeen-year-old vegetarian who hypnotizes people to augment dental anesthesia. Born during an acupuncture session. And raised on Bach flower remedies, soya beans, and enough dietary fiber to meet the annual needs of a small city. The obvious is subjective.”
― Twenty Chickens for a Saddle
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