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Man exists only insofar as he is separated from his surroundings. The cranium is a space-traveler's helmet. Stay inside or you perish.

Vladimir Nabokov
Men, Space, Envelopes
Vladimir Nabokov (2011). “Pnin”, p.20, Vintage
Man exists only insofar as he is separated from his surroundings. The cranium is a space-traveler's helmet. Stay inside or you perish.