Samuel Beckett on reality
Samuel Beckett79 quotes · See all“Nothing is more real than nothing.”
Filed under
More from Samuel Beckett
I pause to record that I feel in extraordinary form. Delirium perhaps.
Samuel BeckettSamuel Beckett What are we doing here, that is the question.
Samuel BeckettSamuel Beckett I am still alive then. That may come in useful.
Samuel BeckettSamuel Beckett I gave up before birth.
Samuel BeckettSamuel Beckett Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.
Samuel BeckettSamuel Beckett Life is habit. Or rather life is a succession of habits.
Samuel BeckettSamuel Beckett Fail, fail again, fail better.
Samuel BeckettSamuel Beckett I use the words you taught me. If they don’t mean anything any more, teach me others. Or let me be silent.
Samuel BeckettSamuel Beckett You’re on earth. There’s no cure for that.
Samuel BeckettSamuel Beckett Birth was the death of him.
Samuel BeckettSamuel Beckett 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.
Samuel BeckettSamuel Beckett Reality, whether approached imaginatively or empirically, remains a surface, hermetic.
Samuel BeckettSamuel Beckett Yes, there were times when I forgot not only who I was but that I was, forgot to be.
Samuel BeckettSamuel Beckett It was long since I had longed for anything and the effect on me was horrible.
Samuel BeckettSamuel Beckett 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?
Samuel BeckettSamuel Beckett 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 BeckettSamuel Beckett
Original quotes
From our community writers
My heart keeps room for you always even when you can’t be here.
Holly DuxburyHolly Duxbury You are seeing humanity at its worst and best. A collision of the circumstance.
Samantha King HolmesSamantha King Holmes Treat her like a dream. Follow her, pursue her, and always remind her that you’ll never give up on her.
Jenny AJenny A I care but I’m done trying. I love but I’m done showing.
Divya khandalDivya khandal Never feel defined by your size, measures, and beauty standards.
Jacklyn TysonJacklyn Tyson The wild is always changing like a reminder. You do not have to be the same to be beautiful.
Sabina LauraSabina Laura Bees and butterflies in my belly with you on my mind they chase each other around.
Jenny WinbladhJenny Winbladh I long for you but you long for someone else, I deny the one who wants me cause I want someone else.
Rupi KaurRupi Kaur
Meet the writers
More on reality
You truly are the average of the 5 people you surround yourself with.
Tom MetcafeTom Metcafe Matter flows from place to place, and momentarily comes together to be you. Some people find that thought disturbing; I find the reality thrilling.
Richard DawkinsRichard Dawkins It’s your dream for a reason. Take responsibility for making it a reality.
Sophia JoanSophia Joan No one can really honestly be the very best, no one.
John WoodenJohn Wooden Manifestation is very real. What you speak about yourself will always be brought to reality.
Natalie MooneyNatalie Mooney To be truly visionary we have to root our imagination in our concrete reality while simultaneously imagining possibilities beyond that reality.
Bell HooksBell Hooks Love comes and love goes.
Natalie MooneyNatalie Mooney Life has the name of life, but in reality it is death.
HeraclitusHeraclitus
