Aphorisms
One was born with an intonation and went searching for a
language.
The seamless arguments he wove by the day, night found
the flaws.
The mansion of his ambition-he was a fly buzzing against
its basement windows.
Love is unqualified. His dislikes live in his qualifications.
Ashamed to ask why, he learned to say because.
As the hands infer the brain, so the brain infers the soul.
By not believing in evil, he became its accomplice.
That others praised his modesty became his greatest vanity.
Each destination is Death's lieutenant.
Every bad idea has a good reason.
His fear imposes the faces within him on the faces without.
You are the song you are learning to sing.
Even his tombstone was crooked.
Pocket full of keys, owns nothing.
His righteousness increased as his faith in his abilities
decreased.
Rabbit trusts only its fear.
By choosing praise over achievement, he made certain his
Structure
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