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 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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Do we mean love, when we say love?
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To restore silence is the role of objects.
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If you do not love me I shall not be loved If I do not love you I shall not love.
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To find a form that accommodates the mess, that is the task of the artist now.
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All mankind is us, whether we like it or not.
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With all this darkness round me I feel less alone.
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What do we do now, now that we are happy?
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Nothing is funnier than unhappiness, I grant you that. Yes, yes, it’s the most comical thing in the world.
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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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The old endless chain of love, tolerance, indifference, aversion and disgust.
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Habit is the ballast that chains the dog to his vomit.
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Art has nothing to do with clarity, does not dabble in the clear and does not make clear
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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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Birth was the death of him.
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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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