An idea from The Consolation of Philosophy

When your life falls apart, it feels natural to write the pain down. A man condemned to death is doing that when a woman appears above his head. She is Philosophy, and she sends the spirits of sad poetry away because they feed his sickness.

From The Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius

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