The sun shone, having no alternative, on the nothing new.
SAMUEL BECKETTI tried to groan, Help! Help! But the tone that came out was that of polite conversation.
More Samuel Beckett Quotes
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Then I went back into the house and wrote, It is midnight. The rain is beating on the windows. It was not midnight. It was not raining.
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Fail, fail again, fail better.
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Every word is like an unnecessary stain on silence and nothingness.
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Life is habit. Or rather life is a succession of habits.
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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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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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Friendship, according to Proust, is the negation of that irremediable solitude to which every human being is condemned.
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There’s something dripping in my head. A heart, a heart in my head.
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Don’t look for meaning in the words. Listen to the silences.
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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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Any fool can turn a blind eye but who knows what the ostrich sees in the sand.
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Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.
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Don’t wait to be hunted to hide, that was always my motto.
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The end is in the beginning and yet you go on.
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Go on failing. Go on. Only next time, try to fail better.
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