Dom Casmurro 32.13 · 32.13

Eternity's pendulums

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A eternidade tem as suas pêndulas; nem por não acabar nunca deixa de querer saber a duração das felicidades e dos suplícios.

Eternity has its pendulums; nor for not ending never does it cease to want to know the duration of happiness and of sufferings.

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The narrator reflects on eternity having its pendulums, and that even though it never ends, it still wants to know the duration of happiness and suffering.

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Eternity has its pendulums, and even though it never ends, it still wants to know the duration of happiness and suffering.

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