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A cage went in search of a bird. — Franz Kafka.
When my students back at UT looked at me confused, I told them to rewrite it as: A career went in search of a graduate.
Then the seniors understood.
Read more Kafka aphorisms here. He was a genuine master of the short-form (aphorism), mid-form (short story), and long-form (novel).