The sun shone, having no alternative, on the nothing new.
SAMUEL BECKETTDance first. Think later. It’s the natural order.
More Samuel Beckett Quotes
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Poets are the sense, philosophers the intelligence of humanity.
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Birth was the death of him.
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To restore silence is the role of objects.
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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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Yes, there were times when I forgot not only who I was but that I was, forgot to be.
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You won’t believe what you can accomplish by attempting the impossible with the courage to repeatedly fail better.
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Habit is the ballast that chains the dog to his vomit.
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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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The dust will not settle in our time. And when it does some great roaring machine will come and whirl it all skyhigh again.
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I tried to groan, Help! Help! But the tone that came out was that of polite conversation.
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Go on failing. Go on. Only next time, try to fail better.
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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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I gave up before birth.
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What are we doing here, that is the question.
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There’s never an end for the sea.
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