Steak Knives and Bagels

  1. “Put it in the bowl.”
  2. “Feeding me is good merit.”
  3. “That is almost a deeds point.”
  4. “It’s a small bowl. I know it’s a small bowl.”
  5. “I can’t call this generous. It would burn.”
  6. “The frog also gives nothing. But the frog stays.”
  7. “You rang it. I was already here.”
  8. “Most people stop at the temple. It has stairs for that.”
  9. “You keep moving that little arrow, and I keep looking at it.”
  10. “Someone keeps lifting my arm. I haven’t decided whether to allow it.”
  11. “There were halls. Gold, I think. Someone was very tall.”
  12. “I’ve done this before.”
  13. “They keep a dead woman up at the temple and bring her flowers. I’m told it’s me.”
  14. “Thus it was said at the sixth spring. Water asks nothing of the stone. The stone is worn away regardless.”
  15. “Thus it was said at the third river. Give, and the giving goes downstream. Do not follow it. Sit.”
  16. “May the one who has nothing bring it here. There is a bowl.”