Portrait of Robert Gal (c) Lucia Nimcova, 2001

ROBERT GAL EPIGRAFFITI 1.  His question chose him as the answer. 2.  The magic of fiction lies in deluding reason that it is fiction. 3.  Freedom is impossibility recognized. 4.  An indirect proof of God's existence is God's indifference to human fate. 5.  Silence is quiet. Listening. 6.  The immortal lives only once. 7.  What endures will pass. 8.  My house – my tomb. 9.  All ways lead to the wayfarer. 10. Assumptions attract. copyright: Robert Gal, 2001 translation copyright: Madelaine Hron, 2001 ROBERT GAL is a Slovak philosopher-poet living in Prague. His work has appeared in Optimism and The Exquisite Corpse.