More from Samuel Beckett
I gave up before birth.
Samuel BeckettSamuel Beckett Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.
Samuel BeckettSamuel Beckett Life is habit. Or rather life is a succession of habits.
Samuel BeckettSamuel Beckett I use the words you taught me. If they don’t mean anything any more, teach me others. Or let me be silent.
Samuel BeckettSamuel Beckett You’re on earth. There’s no cure for that.
Samuel BeckettSamuel Beckett Birth was the death of him.
Samuel BeckettSamuel Beckett 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.
Samuel BeckettSamuel Beckett Reality, whether approached imaginatively or empirically, remains a surface, hermetic.
Samuel BeckettSamuel Beckett Yes, there were times when I forgot not only who I was but that I was, forgot to be.
Samuel BeckettSamuel Beckett It was long since I had longed for anything and the effect on me was horrible.
Samuel BeckettSamuel Beckett Love, that is all I asked, a little love, daily, twice daily, fifty years of twice daily love like a Paris horse-butcher’s regular, what normal woman wants affection?
Samuel BeckettSamuel Beckett Memories are killing. So you must not think of certain things, of those that are dear to you, or rather you must think of them, for if you don’t there is the danger of finding them, in your mind, little by little.
Samuel BeckettSamuel Beckett To every man his little cross. Till he dies. And is forgotten.
Samuel BeckettSamuel Beckett He who has waited long enough, will wait forever. And there comes the hour when nothing more can happen and nobody more can come and all is ended but the waiting that knows itself in vain.
Samuel BeckettSamuel Beckett All has not been said and never will be.
Samuel BeckettSamuel Beckett Perhaps my best years are gone. When there was a chance of happiness. But I wouldn’t want them back. Not with the fire in me now. No, I wouldn’t want them back.
Samuel BeckettSamuel Beckett
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We were dirt poor but we had each other. We didn’t need much to have a lot.
Brad NeatonBrad Neaton Always show kindness and love to others. Your words might be filling the empty places in someone else heart.
Alexander KandovAlexander Kandov One quick sip of your memory I let it slip, and I go on without you.
Emma SchippersEmma Schippers If the scars on my heart were visible to the naked eye, maybe you’d think twice about inflicting more.
Laura Natoli-KearneyLaura Natoli-Kearney I am getting better at forgetting you. I am slowly but steadily learning the art of forgetting you.
Juana GarciaJuana Garcia Paper and pen petrify me, for they pierce right through me, drawing deep blue blood, leaving me utterly cold.
Shreya JoshiShreya Joshi Spend time with people who get excited over even the smallest victories you earn.
Sonia SabnisSonia Sabnis I wonder if you were the poison or the antidote.
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Shiwanshi PandeyShiwanshi Pandey Learning to save some love for yourself has to start somewhere. What better time than now?
Sabina LauraSabina Laura Don’t surround yourself with people who run away from growth. Don’t limit yourself knowing you can evolve, do better and be better. Because you deserve better.
Jenny AJenny A Just improve yourself; that is the only thing you can do to better the world.
Ludwig WittgensteinLudwig Wittgenstein I am a makeup artist; I make up the world to look better to me.
Ani ShahverdyanAni Shahverdyan At times, I need to let go of all mistakes I made and believe that could a better person than before. -That belief is the courage I need.
Shiwanshi PandeyShiwanshi Pandey It marks a big step in your development when you come to realize that other people can help you do a better job than you could do alone.
Andrew CarnegieAndrew Carnegie Our only consolation, as we feel our strength failing us, is to feel that we may help those who come after us to do more and to do better than ourselves.
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