Waiting for Godot
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They give birth astride of a grave, the light gleams an instant, then it's night once more
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In this quote, Pozzo, frustrated by his blindness, is making a generalized statement about the fate that all mankind will suffer. Birth is the beginning, the act of childbirth merely a quick, instantaneous flash that leads us toward the end (death).
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