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It was long since I had longed for anything and the effect on me was horrible.

Samuel Beckett

But what matter whether I was born or not, have lived or not, am dead or merely dying. I shall go on doing as I have always done, not knowing what it is I do, nor who I am, nor where I am, nor if I am.
SAMUEL BECKETT

Born Death Live Myself
The whisky bears a grudge against the decanter.
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Alcohol Grudge Whiskey
I marshalled the words and opened my mouth, thinking I would hear them. But all I heard was a kind of rattle, unintelligible even to me who knew what was intended.
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Kind Mouth Myself Open Thinking Word
In my head there are several windows, that I do know, but perhaps it is always the same one, open variously on the parading universe.
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Head Myself Universe Window
Dear incomprehension, it’s thanks to you I’ll be myself, in the end.
SAMUEL BECKETT

End Thankful Yourself
That desert of loneliness and recrimination that men call love.
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Desert Lonely Love Man
There’s never an end for the sea.
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Deep End One Liner Sea
Any fool can turn a blind eye but who knows what the ostrich sees in the sand.
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Blind Eyes Fools See
For in me there have always been two fools, among others, one asking nothing better than to stay where he is and the other imagining that life might be slightly less horrible a little further on.
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Better Fools Horrible Imagination Life Stay
I use the words you taught me. If they don’t mean anything any more, teach me others. Or let me be silent.
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Meaning Myself Silence Teaching Word Yourself
To restore silence is the role of objects.
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Object Restore Role Silence
Nothing is funnier than unhappiness, I grant you that. Yes, yes, it’s the most comical thing in the world.
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Comedy Funny Happiness Myself World
Don’t look for meaning in the words. Listen to the silences.
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Deep Listening Meaning Silence Wisdom Word
Against the charitable gesture there is no defence.
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Charity Defense
We are all born crazy. Some remain that way.
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Born Crazy Remain
Words are the clothes thoughts wear.
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Clothes Thinking Word

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