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“All adventurers came to grief." Perhaps they had not been able to make the transition, to alchemize the life of the mind into the life of the senses. They died when their minds were overpowered by nature, yet they did not hesitate to dilute it in alcohol.”
― Anaïs Nin, Seduction of the Minotaur: The Authoritative Edition