There is nothing so deep as the gleaming surface of the aphorism
The aphorism has been a way to express strong feelings without placing emotional demands on the listener
by Noreen Masud
Noreen Masud is a lecturer in 20th-century literature at the University of Bristol in the UK. She is the author of Hard Language: Stevie Smith and the Aphorism (Oxford University Press, 2022) and A Flat Place (Penguin, 2023).
Written by Noreen Masud