AtDDtA1: Epigraph

David Morris fqmorris at gmail.com
Mon Jan 22 15:27:30 CST 2007


> > Dave Monroe wrote:
> > > "It's always night or we wouldn't need light"
> > >
> > > --THELONIOUS MONK (AtD, epigraph)
> >
> > The quote is immediately interesting because it's
> > not literally true, it's not always night....
>
> I read at perhaps just-below-the-face value, as meaning, it's always night, unless there's light, darkness being the absence of light.  Thanks for more to consider ...

I think you've got this correct.  Like it's always night in outer space.

David Morris



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