There is no escape from the hours and the days. Neither from tomorrow nor from yesterday, because yesterday has deformed us, or been deformed by us... We are not merely more weary because of yesterday, we are other, no longer what we were before the calamity of yesterday
In Samuel Beckett's reflection on time, he emphasizes the inescapability of our past experiences and the constant progression of time, conveying that we are bound by the hours and days that shape our existence. This connection to time means that yesterday's events alter our identity, and we cannot simply move beyond them. Rather, we carry the weight of the past into our present lives, influencing who we become.
Beckett suggests that...