This is embodied in Avowed companion Marius, whose entire concept revolves around a quote from John Donne's Devotions: "No man is an Island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the Continent, a ...

In words familiar to many English teachers, the English poet John Donne observed 400 years ago: “No man is an island entire of itself. Every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main.