The old endless chain of love, tolerance, indifference, aversion and disgust.
SAMUEL BECKETTReality, whether approached imaginatively or empirically, remains a surface, hermetic.
More Samuel Beckett Quotes
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To find a form that accommodates the mess, that is the task of the artist now.
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Life is habit. Or rather life is a succession of habits.
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Poets are the sense, philosophers the intelligence of humanity.
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What do we do now, now that we are happy?
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Habit is the ballast that chains the dog to his vomit.
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Yes, in my life, since we must call it so, there were three things, the inability to speak, the inability to be silent, and solitude, that’s what I’ve had to make the best of.
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You’re on earth. There’s no cure for that.
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If you don’t know where you are currently standing, you’re dead.
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The day you die is just like any other, only shorter.
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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.
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All has not been said and never will be.
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There’s never an end for the sea.
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Reality, whether approached imaginatively or empirically, remains a surface, hermetic.
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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.
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Don’t look for meaning in the words. Listen to the silences.
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