“Not,speech,that,has,fire,But,Fire,that,can,speak—Genius.”

“The,purpose,of,a,match?”“To,start,a,fire,with.”No.“To,store,up,fire,And,to,keep,it,cool.”

“Sir, there’s a tower of fire in meBinding me with terrible strength The whole of my mortal lengthAnd splitting brave the skull’s emperyIn a rush of dauntless energy To reach the most luminous etherI am the mortal grounding of a towerImminent with immortality.”

“The,genius,is,not,greater,Than,its,radius,Which,defines,its,genius.The,tower,is,not,greater,Than,its,altitude,Which,defines,its,solitude.”

“To,speak,of,the,interior,of,light,Requires,speaker,broken,by,light.”

“If,wisdom,can,not,count,The,petals,of,a,snake,Yet,wisdom,can,Its,backbone,break.”

“I can no more hear Love’sVoice.”