The Enlightenment needs more shadow; the Romantic Movement less.
Irony dissolves sentiment, but occasionally a sentiment is strong enough to dissolve irony.
Rule of religion: purpose breathes even in dirt and stones.
The aphorism: a platitude that swerves, or slides all the way around.
The little suckings and smackings of the perversions are the sounds of joyous infancy.
The aphorism wants to be at the same time both main line and off beat.