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 BECKETTPeople are bloody ignorant apes.
More Samuel Beckett Quotes
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I have my faults, but changing my tune is not one of them.
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That desert of loneliness and recrimination that men call love.
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All life long, the same questions, the same answers.
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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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If I was dead, I wouldn’t know I was dead. That’s the only thing I have against death. I want to enjoy my death.
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Friendship, according to Proust, is the negation of that irremediable solitude to which every human being is condemned.
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All mankind is us, whether we like it or not.
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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.
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The day you die is just like any other, only shorter.
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Habit is the ballast that chains the dog to his vomit.
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The creation of the world did not take place once and for all time, but takes place every day.
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Don’t look for meaning in the words. Listen to the silences.
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If you don’t know where you are currently standing, you’re dead.
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I gave up before birth.
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Yes, there were times when I forgot not only who I was but that I was, forgot to be.
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