The day you die is just like any other, only shorter.
SAMUEL BECKETTArt has nothing to do with clarity, does not dabble in the clear and does not make clear
More Samuel Beckett Quotes
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Do we mean love, when we say love?
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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.
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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.
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Reality, whether approached imaginatively or empirically, remains a surface, hermetic.
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Nothing is funnier than unhappiness, I grant you that. Yes, yes, it’s the most comical thing in the world.
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Art has nothing to do with clarity, does not dabble in the clear and does not make clear
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The end is in the beginning and yet you go on.
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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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Words are the clothes thoughts wear.
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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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Habit is the ballast that chains the dog to his vomit.
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All has not been said and never will be.
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There’s never an end for the sea.
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Sometimes I wonder if I’m in my right mind. Then it passes off and I’m as intelligent as ever.
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Dance first. Think later. It’s the natural order.
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