Upward, Not Northward

Heavily weighs on me at times the burdensome reflection that I cannot honestly say I am confident as to the exact shape of the once-seen, oft-regretted Cube; and in my nightly visions the mysterious precept, "Upward, not Northward", haunts me like a soul-devouring Sphinx.

Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions (1884) by Edwin A. Abbott

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Context: The narrator admits how hard it is to hold on to a direction he can no longer point to.

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Source: Part II, Section 22

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