The stillness and stasis of bed are the perfect opposite of travel: inertia is what I've come to consider the default mode, existentially and electronically speaking. Bed, its utter inactivity, offers a glimpse of eternity, without the drawback of being dead.

Lynne Sharon Schwartz
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When I’m in bed, I miss the world outside. The world outside is full of people who are busy doing things that are not me. I would love to be able to leave my house and see what is going on in the city or even go for a walk or go out for a run. Despite the fact that I would not be doing anything that day, I would still be able to do it because I have the option to do so.

Here in my bed, I am alone and there is nothing else I can do but sleep. This is why being in bed feels so nice. It allows me to stop thinking about all of the things that are going on around me so that I can just relax and think about nothing at all.

Source: Not Now, Voyager: A Memoir

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