Share & Save
Meaning
This reads as a bleak reflection on despair, where self-doubt becomes a kind of captivity. The final image points to death as an unanswered question rather than a solution, which gives the line its cold force. It can land in writing about mental anguish, especially when language tries to face suicide without softening its finality.
When It Was Said
Not documented yet.
Who It Was Said To
Not documented yet.
Historical Context
Not documented yet.
Source
Not documented yet.
Original Language & Translation
Originally said in English.
Did They Really Say It?
Not documented yet.
Did You Know?
Not documented yet.
About Dan Garfat-Pratt
Dan Garfat-Pratt is quoted here; further biographical details are not publicly available.
More from Dan Garfat-Pratt (6 quotes) →Keep reading Dan Garfat-Pratt
- “One makes his own meanings as the counterfeiter prints his own money: both know full well that the value of e…”Dan Garfat-Pratt
- “My head is a prison I’ve been locked in from the start,So if I'm treated like a criminal I might as well play…”Dan Garfat-Pratt
- “Then there is the cosmologist, who views himself as nothing but a manipulation of atoms; his mind configured…”Dan Garfat-Pratt
- “The code of the con is to know just enough about everything so you can lie about anything.(attrib: E. Tancarv…”Dan Garfat-Pratt
Explore Custody
- “Just about every therapist or counselor or social worker is practiced in dealing with people going through fa…”Laura Wasser
- “Every document, apparently ancient, coming from the proper repository or custody, and bearing on its face no…”Simon Greenleaf
- “When they write about real stuff like my custody battle, that's no fun. Some things have leaked out about acc…”Dean Cain
Explore Doubt
- “There is no doubt that human evolution has been linked to meat in many fundamental ways. Our digestive tract…”Vaclav Smil
- “On the other hand, inspiration - a criterion for canonization we might expect to play a great role - is not a…”Luke Timothy Johnson
- “But it only takes a doubt. A drop of ink falls into a clear glass of water and clouds the whole thing. So the…”Matt Haig