Perhaps it's done already, perhaps they have said me already, perhaps they have carried me to the threshold of my story, before the door that opens on my story, that would surprise me, if it opens, it will be I, it will be the silence, where I am, I don't know, I'll never know, in the silence you don't know, you must go on, I can't go on, I'll go on.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The uncertainty of where a story begins and the command to continue despite not knowing.
- In plain terms
- Maybe the story is done, but you must go on even if you can't.
- What can you take from it?
- Continuing is required even when meaning is unclear.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Why go on without knowing?
- Who says you must continue?
Another view
It demands action without offering purpose.
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This place, if I could describe this place, no place around me, there's no end to me, I don't know what it is, it isn't flesh, it doesn't end, it's like air:
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