"Man of misery, what next? Is this the end?
If I wait out a long tense night by the banks,
I fear the sharp frost and the soaking dew together
will do me in – I’m bone-weary, about to breathe my last,
and a cold wind blows from a river on toward morning.
But what if I climb that slope, go for the dark woods
and bed down in the thick brush? What if I’m spared
the chill, fatigue, and a sweet sleep comes my way?
I fear wild beasts will drag me off as quarry."
– Homer
The Odyssey, Book 5, lines 515-523. Stranded on the shore of Phaeacia, Odysseus debates where the safest place to sleep is. Cold and exhausted after his harrowing ordeal at sea, he wonders is this the end for him.