The people

The people are most practiced, and therefore most skilled, at wrongdoing.

The sacred profanity

The sacred profanity is equally unworthy of worship.

Naming

Once you name a god, you have neutered it.

Probably

Probability, probably, is the problem.

Once you learn

And once you learn to hear the sound of nothing, how long until you can make music of it?

One who carries

One who carries corruption corrupts.

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Wisdom

Wisdom is an understanding of context.

What is sacred

What is sacred is that nothing is sacred.

Memory

Memory is a kind of sleep.

The job of thinking people (Camus)

It is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the executioners.

Albert Camus

Blind spot

There is always something in your blind spot.
It may or may not be the same thing that's in mine.

Better no understanding

Better no understanding than a simplistic one.

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Even a name

There has never been a word that corresponded to a thing. Even a name is involved with a concept of identity.

Preparation

Everything is preparation for poetry. And poetry is preparation for everything.

What hell is

Hell is the not-sufficiently-stimulating.

Of work & play

Work is repetitive, play is relatively unconstrained.

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I'm just trying (Borge)

It's your language. I'm just trying to use it.

Victor Borge