Clouds of flavors and savors float around the thing-in-itself.

Money comes to life as it is spent.

Thinking about the universe has now been handed over to specialists. The rest of us merely read about it.

The madness of love can always be suspended--to cook dinner or catch a plane, for instance.

Against classical philosophy: thinking about eternity or the immensity of the universe does not lessen my unhappiness.

Wallace Stevens: the Platonist celebrates endless change, but with regret.

Melancholy is as seductive as Ecstasy.