I start memorizing Russian declensions and think about Buddha. My mind has always been opposed to deliberate memorization. But it is impossible to assimilate inflected languages without memorizing declinations! What to do? Buddha… Buddha certainly did not handle any of these languages, except for Pali—but when meditating, I doubt that he thought about their declinations. Although I do not know the path to nirvana, I know like no one else a path that makes nirvana impossible, that expels the being from any imaginary nirvana… Prove to me, Buddha, your superiority! Aquila, aquilam, aquilae, aquilae…