Sometimes I think Charlie Kaufman is a better interpreter of Nietzsche than Walter Kaufmann:
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…Then, however, there happened that which in this astonishing long day was most astonishing: the ugliest man began once more and for the last time to gurgle and snort, and when he had at length found expression, behold! there sprang a question plump and plain out of his mouth, a good, deep, clear question, which moved the hearts of all who listened to him.
“My friends, all of you,” said the ugliest man, “what think ye? For the sake of this day — I am for the first time content to have lived my entire life.
And that I testify so much is still not enough for me. It is worthwhile living on the earth: one day, one festival… has taught me to love the earth.
‘Was that — life?’ will I say to death. ‘Well! Once more!’
My friends, what think ye? Will you not, like me, say to death: ‘Was that — life? …well! Once more!’ ” —
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Exhibit B: