My life, my life, now I speak of it as of something over, now as of a joke which still goes on, and it is neither, for at the same time it is over and it goes on, and is there any tense for that? Watch wound and buried by the watchmaker, before he died, whose ruined works will one day speak of God, to the worms.
In this passage from Samuel Beckett's "Molloy," the narrator reflects on life as if it is a completed joke, simultaneously recognizing it as both concluded and ongoing. This duality suggests a complex relationship with existence, where the past and present intertwine, creating a unique perspective on the nature of time and experience.
The mention of the "watchmaker" and the "ruined works" evokes themes of creation and decay, indicating that despite the...