The traffic between storytelling and metaphysics is continuous.

— John Berger



Marcus Aurelius: Retreat into Yourself

Men seek retreats for themselves, houses in the country, seashores, and mountains; and you too are wont to desire such things very much. But this is altogether a mark of the common sort of man, for it is in your power, whenever you shall choose, to retire into yourself.

- Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, 180 A. D.

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