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 BECKETTI could not have gone through the awful wretched mess of life without having left a stain upon the silence.
More Samuel Beckett Quotes
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But at this place, at this moment of time, all mankind is us, whether we like it or not. Let us make the most of it, before it is too late!
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Nothing is more real than nothing.
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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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What do I know of man’s destiny? I could tell you more about radishes.
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There’s something dripping in my head. A heart, a heart in my head.
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The sun shone, having no alternative, on the nothing new.
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If you do not love me I shall not be loved If I do not love you I shall not love.
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Love, that is all I asked, a little love, daily, twice daily, fifty years of twice daily love like a Paris horse-butcher’s regular, what normal woman wants affection?
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To restore silence is the role of objects.
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There is no escape from yesterday because yesterday has deformed us, or been deformed by us. The mood is of no importance. Deformation has taken place.
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I gave up before birth.
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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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Better hope deferred than none.
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Reality, whether approached imaginatively or empirically, remains a surface, hermetic.
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All life long, the same questions, the same answers.
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