“If you find yourself cutting corners, go in a circle instead”
“Trying to cut corners and get around rules makes [anyone] miserable. When you‘make yourself mind yourself,’ when you know you are going to do what you sayyou will do, you will know joy.”
“Of course it would cost something, but he was an expert in cutting corners; and when there were no more corners left he would make circles rounder.”
“If you have form'd a Circle to go into, / Go into it yourself & see how you would do.”
“if you spin in a circle perhaps avoiding corners”
“Memories are dangerous things. You turn them over and over, until you know every touch and corner, but still you'll find an edge to cut you.”