The man who writes his own life surveys it as a whole, the particular becomes small, the near becomes distant, the distant becomes near again, the motives that influenced him shrink;
Bere bizitza idazten duen gizakiak luze-zabalean gainbegiraten dio hari, partikularra txikitu egiten da, hurbilekoa urrundu, urrunekoa hurbildu, kezkak murriztu egiten dira: