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where two paths meet and one half of your life politely dies.
means A point where two roads intersect, or by extension a critical moment when a decision must be made between different futures.
from A plain compound, exactly what it says: 'cross' meeting 'roads.' 'Cross' came from Latin 'crux,' the same brutal post that gave us crucifixion, carried into English through Old Irish and Old Norse. The figurative sense — a moment of decision — leans on an old folk weight: crossroads were long held to be uncanny places, where suicides and criminals were buried outside hallowed ground and where, in legend, you could meet the devil to strike a bargain. The literal X of two paths became the literal X of a choice.
- devil's office
- Blues myth: sell your soul here at midnight
- roman gods
- Lares guarded crossroads as sacred boundaries
- old burials
- Suicides and outlaws buried at crossroads to confuse ghosts
- hecate's turf
- Greek goddess of magic ruled three-way junctions
- decision tax
- Every choice quietly buries an unlived version of you
times square — intersection of broadway and 7th avenue in manhattan, called the 'crossroads of the world'
shibuya crossing — world's busiest pedestrian crossing in tokyo, japan, with up to 3,000 people crossing every 2 minutes