Ultimate question (n.) lead along a path with endless drops and very few ledges to stand on.
The Ultimate question (n.) is the one we cannot hand off to experts; it gives no rest.
The Ultimate question (n.) is asked in deeds rather than concepts, and we raise it because we must.
Ultimate question (n.) is one we cannot even phrase, for no finite category or sentence will hold it.
Ultimate question (n.) dies when pressed into logic, like a rose dried flat in a book.
Ultimate question (n.) comes not from knowing too little but from a world that is too much for us.
Ultimate question (n.) arrives like a fire in the house: there is no time to debate whether the danger is real.
Ultimate question (n.) is an answer wearing a question's clothes.
Ultimate question (n.) can be answered only with one's whole being; words, possessions and achievements fall silent before it.