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Yes, there were times when I forgot not only who I was but that I was, forgot to be.

Samuel Beckett

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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End Fly Greatness Head Image Myself Pursue Trouble Word
Friendship, according to Proust, is the negation of that irremediable solitude to which every human being is condemned.
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Friendship Human Solitude
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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Moments Place Time
Poets are the sense, philosophers the intelligence of humanity.
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Humanity Intelligence Philosophy Poet
You’re on earth. There’s no cure for that.
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Cure Earth One Liner
Any fool can turn a blind eye but who knows what the ostrich sees in the sand.
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Blind Eyes Fools See
Don’t wait to be hunted to hide, that was always my motto.
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Hide Hunt Myself Wait
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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Destruction Escape Important Past Place
Do we mean love, when we say love?
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Deep Love Meaning One Liner
The sun shone, having no alternative, on the nothing new.
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Boredom Choice Nature Shine Sun
Habit is the ballast that chains the dog to his vomit.
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Dog Habit Himself
The whisky bears a grudge against the decanter.
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Alcohol Grudge Whiskey
What do I know of man’s destiny? I could tell you more about radishes.
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Destiny Fate Man Myself
I have my faults, but changing my tune is not one of them.
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Change Mistake Myself
That desert of loneliness and recrimination that men call love.
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Desert Lonely Love Man
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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Intelligence Mindset Myself Right Wonder

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