"A man," I went on, "should die more abundantly than a dog and take a thousand minutes to do it. Each minute will be new all the same and laced with enough fear and trembling to make him forget all the pleasure he may have had in making love during the preceding thousand years...
"Beharko diagu hil, hala esan nion gero, zakurra baino oparoago hil ere, eta mila minutu beharko ditiagu akatzeko, eta minutu bakoitza berria izango duk halere, eta izuz kargakarga egina, aurreko mila urteetan larrua joz geureganatu dugun plazer guzia mila aldiz ahaztarazteko adina...