The surgeon was, in fact, not understood at all,
except in the one way which such people were
capable of understanding; i.e. as a body-snatcher.
The rest of his proceedings were perfectly mysterious to them.
Aleister Crowley, The Banned Lecture on Gilles de Rais
Вчера я был ребенком, брошенным судьбой в глуши лесов.
Сегодня я пламя — пожираемое — и пожирающее.
Жорж Батай, "Юлия".