If faces were different when lit from above or below -- what was a face? What was anything?

“Ο κόσμος απλωνόταν έξω από το κεφάλι της, προς κάθε κατεύθυνση, εκτός από μια. …”

“Le più grandi idee sono le più semplici.”

“The world, that understandable and lawful world, was slipping away. Once there …”

“The trouble was, if you were a chief you had to think, you had to be wise.”