But I was not made for the great light that devours, a dim lamp was all I had been given, and patience without end, to shine it on the empty shadows.
SAMUEL BECKETTPeople are bloody ignorant apes.
More Samuel Beckett Quotes
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All mankind is us, whether we like it or not.
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Every word is like an unnecessary stain on silence and nothingness.
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What do I know of man’s destiny? I could tell you more about radishes.
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Dear incomprehension, it’s thanks to you I’ll be myself, in the end.
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Fail, fail again, fail better.
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But at this place, at this moment of time, all mankind is us, whether we like it or not. Let us make the most of it, before it is too late!
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I pause to record that I feel in extraordinary form. Delirium perhaps.
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To restore silence is the role of objects.
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I am still alive then. That may come in useful.
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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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The day you die is just like any other, only shorter.
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Words and images run riot in my head, pursuing, flying, clashing, merging, endlessly. But beyond this tumult there is a great calm, and a great indifference, never really to be troubled by anything again.
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Yes, in my life, since we must call it so, there were three things, the inability to speak, the inability to be silent, and solitude, that’s what I’ve had to make the best of.
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We have time to grow old. The air is full of our cries. But habit is a great deadener.
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Nothing is more real than nothing.
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