As I criss-cross the city hurrying, I feel always the unchanging cold beneath the pavement.

First literature came to refer only to itself, the literary theory.

People who expect deference resent mere civility.

Aphorisms have never seduced anybody, but they have fooled some into considering themselves worldly-wise.

Paradox implies that stating a contradiction disposes of it.

Aphorisms may equivocate, but they must not wobble.

Deconstruction: peering suspiciously at the text, I wait for it to make a slip and betray itself.