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161 " POZZO: I don’t seem to be able . . . (long hesitation) . . . to depart. ESTRAGON: Such is life. "
― Samuel Beckett , Waiting for Godot
162 " That passed the time. ESTRAGON: It would have passed in any case. "
163 " Don’t question me! The blind have no notion of time. The things of time are hidden from them too. "
164 " They give birth astride of a grave, the light gleams an instant, then it’s night once more. "
165 " ESTRAGON: We always find something, eh Didi, to give us the impression we exist? VLADIMIR: (impatiently). Yes yes, we’re magicians. "
166 " What about hanging ourselves? VLADIMIR: Hmm. It’d give us an erection. "
167 " ESTRAGON: Let’s hang ourselves immediately! "
168 " Let’s wait and see what he says. ESTRAGON: Who? VLADIMIR: Godot. ESTRAGON: Good idea. "
169 " Vladimir: Você também, deve estar contente lá no fundo, confesse.Estragon: Contente por quê?Vladimir: De me reencontrar.Estragon: Você acha?Vladimir: Diga, mesmo que não seja verdade.Estragon: O que quer que eu diga?Vladimir: Diga: Estou contente.Estragon: Estou contente.Vladimir: Eu também.Estragon: Eu também.Vladimir: Estamos contentes.Estragon: Estamos contentes. (Silêncio) O que vamos fazer agora que estamos contentes?Vladimir: Vamos esperar Godot.Estragon: É mesmo. "
170 " But to-morrow I won’t remember having met anyone to-day. So don’t count on me to enlighten you. "
171 " VLADIMIR: All I know is that the hours are long, under these conditions, and constrain us to beguile them with proceedings which—how shall I say—which may at first sight seem reasonable, until they become a habit. You may say it is to prevent our reason from foundering. No doubt. But has it not long been straying in the night without end of the abyssal depths? That’s what I sometimes wonder. You follow my reasoning? ESTRAGON: (aphoristic for once). We are all born mad. Some remain so. "
172 " O que estamos fazendo aqui, essa é a questão. Foi-nos dada uma oportunidade de descobrir. Sim, dentro dessa imensa confusão, apenas uma coisa está clara: estamos esperando que Godot venha. "
173 " Let us do something, while we have the chance! It is not every day that we are needed. Not indeed that we personally are needed. Others would meet the case equally well, if not better. To all mankind they were addressed, those cries for help still ringing in our ears! But at this place, at this moment of time, all mankind is us, whether we like it or not. Let us make the most of it, before it is too late! Let us represent worthily for once the foul brood to which a cruel fate consigned us! "
174 " No, don’t protest, we are bored to death, there’s no denying it. Good. A diversion comes along and what do we do? We let it go to waste. Come, let’s get to work! (He advances towards the heap, stops in his stride.) In an instant all will vanish and we’ll be alone once more, in the midst of nothingness! "