Seamus HeaneyAll I know is a door into the dark
About This Quote
The second line of the quote, “All I know is a door into the dark.” describes the narrator’s state of mind. To him, there is nothing in life he knows, and he suffers from a sense of loneliness and isolation. While it may be true that we cannot know everything in life, we do know that when we feel alone or isolated then we are in fact alone or isolated. Sometimes we need to be alone in order to grow and learn and sometimes we need to be around others in order to truly understand what they are saying and how they feel.
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