I marshalled the words and opened my mouth, thinking I would hear them. But all I heard was a kind of rattle, unintelligible even to me who knew what was intended.
SAMUEL BECKETTYes, there were times when I forgot not only who I was but that I was, forgot to be.
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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Go on failing. Go on. Only next time, try to fail better.
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All has not been said and never will be.
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Life is habit. Or rather life is a succession of habits.
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I tried to groan, Help! Help! But the tone that came out was that of polite conversation.
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Habit is the ballast that chains the dog to his vomit.
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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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Poets are the sense, philosophers the intelligence of humanity.
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Better hope deferred than none.
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Fail, fail again, fail better.
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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.
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Yes, there were times when I forgot not only who I was but that I was, forgot to be.
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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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The essential doesn’t change.
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