“Those who go beneath the surface, do so at their peril.”
“All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril.”
“Those who read the symbol do so at their peril.”
“That is why Bias jested with those who were going through the perils of a great storm with him and calling on the gods for help: "Shut up," he said, "so that they do not realize that you are here with me.”
“Until then she had been blind, but when she saw those mountains, she slipped beneath the surface of the war and found the country.”
“The past lies beneath the surface, intransigent truth. Remembered or not, what we say and do remains, always.”