Every word is like an unnecessary stain on silence and nothingness.
SAMUEL BECKETTFor in me there have always been two fools, among others, one asking nothing better than to stay where he is and the other imagining that life might be slightly less horrible a little further on.
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The creation of the world did not take place once and for all time, but takes place every day.
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Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.
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To every man his little cross. Till he dies. And is forgotten.
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We have time to grow old. The air is full of our cries. But habit is a great deadener.
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Poets are the sense, philosophers the intelligence of humanity.
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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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The end is in the beginning and yet you go on.
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All mankind is us, whether we like it or not.
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To restore silence is the role of objects.
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He who has waited long enough, will wait forever. And there comes the hour when nothing more can happen and nobody more can come and all is ended but the waiting that knows itself in vain.
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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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Against the charitable gesture there is no defence.
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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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That desert of loneliness and recrimination that men call love.
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To have been always what I am – and so changed from what I was.
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