"No part of the human community can live entirely on its own planet, with its own laws of motion and cut off from the rest of humanity."

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How does one keep from "growing old inside"? Surely only in community. The only way to make friends with time is to stay friends with people.... Taking community seriously not only gives us the companionship we need, it also relieves us of the notion that we are indispensable.

— Robert McAfee Brown