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

Most people

Most people would benefit from having more, not fewer, doubts about the accuracy of their models of reality.

What are the rules?

What are the rules governing the establishment of rules?

I do say

I do not say that I do. I do say that I do not.

Another step

There is always another step to be taken.
There is not always another you to take it.

As

Pleasure is a kind of pain as negation is a kind of assent.

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Everyone

Everyone misunderstands poetry. Including me.