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Alexander Robertson

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“Stories always lead people somewhere, To a place, to a memory.””

The Barren Grounds

“Humans...The land provides everything that anybody would need. If you take only what you need, the land renews itself so that it can provide more. Medicines, water, plants, meat. In exchange, because we don’t really have anything the land wants, we honor it for what it gives us...When you take more than the land can provide, it stops giving. It can’t give. That’s what’s happened here. That’s what happens with humans.””

The Barren Grounds

“Everyone from Alexander the Great right down to his lowly mule driver ends up lying under the same ground. King and pauper alike, the same fate ultimately awaits everyone …””

How to Think Like a Roman Emperor: The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius

“Stories always lead people somewhere, To a place, to a memory.””

The Barren Grounds

“Humans...The land provides everything that anybody would need. If you take only what you need, the land renews itself so that it can provide more. Medicines, water, plants, meat. In exchange, because we don’t really have anything the land wants, we honor it for what it gives us...When you take more than the land can provide, it stops giving. It can’t give. That’s what’s happened here. That’s what happens with humans.””

The Barren Grounds

“Everyone from Alexander the Great right down to his lowly mule driver ends up lying under the same ground. King and pauper alike, the same fate ultimately awaits everyone …””

How to Think Like a Roman Emperor: The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius

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