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Dance first. Think later. It’s the natural order.

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.
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Born Death Live Myself
I tried to groan, Help! Help! But the tone that came out was that of polite conversation.
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Conversation Myself Polite Try
All mankind is us, whether we like it or not.
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Connection Existence Kind Man Spiritual
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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Intelligence Mindset Myself Right Wonder
There’s something dripping in my head. A heart, a heart in my head.
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Head Heart Myself
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
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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Ability Best Life Myself Silence Talk
Every word is like an unnecessary stain on silence and nothingness.
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Deep Necessary Silence Word
I am still alive then. That may come in useful.
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Alive Help Myself Worth
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
Don’t look for meaning in the words. Listen to the silences.
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Deep Listening Meaning Silence Wisdom Word
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
My mistakes are my life.
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Life Mistake Myself One Liner
All life long, the same questions, the same answers.
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Answer Life Long Question
You’re on earth. There’s no cure for that.
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Cure Earth One Liner

Dance first. Think later. It’s the natural order.

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