Northrop Frye Quotes

The bedrock of doubt is the total nothingness of death. Death is a leveler, not because everybody dies, but because nobody understands what death means.

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• The bedrock of doubt is the total nothingness of death. Death is a leveler, not because everybody dies, but because nobody understands what death means.

  

  Northrop Frye
  • Mean
  • Doubt
  • Dies