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καταβατέον οὖν ἐν μέρει ἑκάστῳ εἰς τὴν τῶν ἄλλων συνοίκησιν καὶ συνεθιστέον τὰ σκοτεινὰ θεάσασθαι.

So you have to descend in turn to the common dwelling of the others, and you have to get used to contemplating the darkness.

— Plato, Republic 7, 520c.

“Pointing at these things makes you feel like an old man screaming at a cloud. And yet, staying plugged-in feels like wearing the world’s stupidest hair-shirt.”

— Craig Mod, https://craigmod.com/ridgeline/213/

“I do tend to talk about the devil more than the telephone, because I’m interested in enduring themes. The human condition: that’s where I like to sit most of the time.”

— Gillian Welch, “World Café,” 9/6/24.

εἰ δὲ μὴ ἀγὼν, οὐδὲ νίκη· εἰ δὲ μὴ νίκη, οὐδὲ στέφανοι.

“And if there is no struggle, there is no victory; and if no victory, there are no crowns.”

Leontius of Byzantium, Contra Aphthartodocetas PG 1349d, Daley 380.24–5.