Samuel Beckett on dreams
Samuel Beckett79 quotes“It was long since I had longed for anything and the effect on me was horrible.”
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Don’t wait to be hunted to hide, that was always my motto.
Samuel BeckettSamuel Beckett All life long, the same questions, the same answers.
Samuel BeckettSamuel Beckett Go on failing. Go on. Only next time, try to fail better.
Samuel BeckettSamuel Beckett Nothing is funnier than unhappiness, I grant you that. Yes, yes, it’s the most comical thing in the world.
Samuel BeckettSamuel Beckett Don’t look for meaning in the words. Listen to the silences.
Samuel BeckettSamuel Beckett The essential doesn’t change.
Samuel BeckettSamuel Beckett Dance first. Think later. It’s the natural order.
Samuel BeckettSamuel Beckett But I was not made for the great light that devours, a dim lamp was all I had been given, and patience without end, to shine it on the empty shadows.
Samuel BeckettSamuel Beckett The creation of the world did not take place once and for all time, but takes place every day.
Samuel BeckettSamuel Beckett 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.
Samuel BeckettSamuel Beckett What do I know of man’s destiny? I could tell you more about radishes.
Samuel BeckettSamuel Beckett You won’t believe what you can accomplish by attempting the impossible with the courage to repeatedly fail better.
Samuel BeckettSamuel Beckett We are all born crazy. Some remain that way.
Samuel BeckettSamuel Beckett Dear incomprehension, it’s thanks to you I’ll be myself, in the end.
Samuel BeckettSamuel Beckett The whisky bears a grudge against the decanter.
Samuel BeckettSamuel Beckett The day you die is just like any other, only shorter.
Samuel BeckettSamuel Beckett
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Thoughts on a tapestry. Colour or black and white. A brush, a pen, A flash of light. Ideas flowing soon, about to take flight.
Gerard GleesonGerard Gleeson Like deep water, she was silent. His lips tasted of salt. He was both addicting and bitter all at once.
MoomerMoomer Always show kindness and love to others. Your words might be filling the empty places in someone else heart.
Alexander KandovAlexander Kandov And I would lie on your chest for hours and dream about the world in your arms but your thoughts were in another world.
Ani ShahverdyanAni Shahverdyan Your smile and your laughter lit my whole world.
Ranata SuzukiRanata Suzuki Often all we can do is breathe, even that can be hard sometimes.
Julia Kellogg HenryJulia Kellogg Henry I am addicted to your madness drunk on your toxic love. Infect me with your poison, lets make storms rage above.
Laura Natoli-KearneyLaura Natoli-Kearney The more you fail, recover, and improve, the better you are as a person.
Laura CleggLaura Clegg
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Dreams become reality when we put our minds to it.
Queen LatifahQueen Latifah I dreamt of you when our souls bled together and now we are eternal.
Michael DennisMichael Dennis Since I was shot, everything is such a dream to me. Like I don’t know whether I’m alive or whether I died. I wasn’t afraid before. And having been dead once, I shouldn’t feel fear. But I am afraid. I don’t understand why.
Andy WarholAndy Warhol I want to go deep inside so I can feel the warmth of your dreams.
Michael DennisMichael Dennis Hope rises and dreams flicker and die. Love plans for tomorrow and loneliness thinks of yesterday. Life is beautiful and living is pain.
Hunter S. ThompsonHunter S. Thompson This is for all of you out there tonight, reaching for a dream – don’t ever give up! Never ever listen to anyone, when they try to discourage you, because they do that, believe me!
Mariah CareyMariah Carey Don’t settle! Embrace a dream–and keep dreaming. Don’t be a bystander. Take it personally.
Howard SchultzHoward Schultz Dreamers dream about things being different. Visionaries envision themselves making a difference.
Andy StanleyAndy Stanley
