Self, a referee, a lion, a pedant, the surface and the depth, and isness

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The self that one tries to become is the world's self, not one's own. One can only possess oneself by not being what the world would recognize as self.

In an unexpected turn of events, both teams are disqualified, and the referee wins.

One is devoured. Do you think it really matters to which lion a man is thrown?

Pedant, how many gallons in a grave?

Gauge your life against nothing.

To alter the know‑ing, alters the known.

The surface does not expose the depth.

The.

The, is.

"The", is.

The, "is".

"The", "is".

"The?", "is".

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"The?", "is?".

"The?", "is?"!

"The?", "is?"?

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These fragments are taken from unpublished writings by Jack Haas, selected from the notebooks 1990-2005.