Our companion is the one with whom we share our bread

Translating back to English from a book of R.D.Laing written in Hungarian: “Only two or three of them were brave enough to taste a preparation baked by a chronically schizophrenic woman. This little incident convinced me of something. Who is more foolish? The staff or the patients? The exclusion affects people deeply. Our companion, in the strict sense of the word, is the one with whom we share our bread. There was no connection between the staff and the patients. Psychiatrists were afraid of catching schizophrenia. Who knows ? It may be contagious, like herpes…