Uncrossableness

To think that the main northern road should be blocked to vehicular traffic by the uncrossableness of the Hunter for six months is simply scandalous, and doesn’t redound much to the credit of the vaunted energy of the Roads and Bridges Department.

The sharpness of the contrasts in the story reflects the depth of the gulf between rich and poor in the present life. Its uncrossableness and the extreme opposition between rich and poor explain the future torment of the rich.

He reached out a hand to stop the storm. And when he did, he touched the veil; he felt its uncrossableness.

these reasons that run like a river between us give a certain poignancy and ache to the distance and irremediable uncrossableness of it