“Within the question are answers, swarms of them, squirming sperm-like entities….Questions are containers, and answers are lids. Must there be only one answer? Twin answers? Quadruplets? Inside the question all possible answers are there for the taking—if you have the right touch, the right kind of discerning fingers—the ability to pick and choose without twisting or snapping—because we’re talking about correct answers, correct? Not just any old response but the most accurate, satisfying and even beautiful….
What is the question really? We dabble in questions, we double down; questions multiply and divide us. A quest is a seeking, a journey. A question is a mental ‘on’ switch that the answer flips ‘off’. A question mark si a cup, a spoon, ending with a point, and possibly containing something delicious.”
— Rosaire Appel and Barbara Henry
