Who knows the end? What has risen may sink, and what has sunk may rise. Loathsomeness waits and dreams in the deep, and decay spreads over the tottering cities of men.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Lovecraft warns that decay and loathsome things may rise again in the deep.
- In plain terms
- Things that sank might come back, and cities may fall.
- What can you take from it?
- Civilization is fragile and subject to cycles of decay.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Is civilization destined to fall?
- What rises from the deep?
Another view
This view is pessimistic and not universally accepted.
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