Our Separate Cages

[W]e’re each in our separate cages. No one can break in. We can only break out. Most often we don’t. (Don Winslow, The Last Ride, in: Broken, 2021, p. 310 f.)

Such Stuff

We are such stuff As dreams are made on; and our little life Is rounded with a sleep. (William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act IV Scene 1)