“Does he normally just lie on the floor like that without moving?”
Magnus to Clary, pg. 135
The Mortal Instruments, City of Ashes (2008)
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"Before Ethics and Morality" (1972)
Context: The brain is highly immature at birth and is dependent upon sensory stimulation for normal growth, development, and function. Sensory stimulation is like a a nutrient—without it the brain does not develop or function normally.

“Let him move as the sunlight moves on the floor,
Or moonlight, silently, as Plato's ghost”
"Less and Less Human, O Savage Spirit"
Transport to Summer (1947)
Context: p> If there must be a god in the house, must be,
Saying things in the room and on the stair,Let him move as the sunlight moves on the floor,
Or moonlight, silently, as Plato's ghostOr Aristotle's skeleton. Let him hang out
His stars on the wall. He must dwell quietly.He must be incapable of speaking, closed,
As those are: as light, for all its motion, is;As color, even the closest to us, is;
As shapes, though they portend us, are.It is the human that is the alien,
The human that has no cousin in the moon.It is the human that demands his speech
From beasts or from the incommunicable mass.If there must be a god in the house, let him be one
That will not hear us when we speak: a coolnessA vermillioned nothingness, any stick of the mass
Of which we are too distantly a part.</p

“Don't lie about it. You made a mistake. Admit it and move on. Just don't do it again. Ever”
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“I thought I'd lie on the floor and writhe in pain for awhile. It relaxes me.”
Jace to Alec, pg. 318
Source: The Mortal Instruments, City of Ashes (2008)

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