'The leopards break into the temple and lick clean the sacrificial bowls; this happens again and again; eventually it can be foreseen and becomes part of the ritual.' Aphorism No. 20. This edition includes all of the aphorisms Kafka wrote in Zrau in 1917/18, all of the aphorisms recorded in his diary in January and February, 1920, and four longer fragments written about the same time as the diary aphorisms.
'The leopards break into the temple and lick clean the sacrificial bowls; this happens again and again; eventually it can be foreseen and becomes part of the ritual.' Aphorism No. 20. This edition includes all of the aphorisms Kafka wrote in Zrau in 1917/18, all of the aphorisms recorded in his diary in January and February, 1920, and four longer fragments written about the same time as the diary aphorisms.