Don’t look for meaning in the words. Listen to the silences.
SAMUEL BECKETTBirth was the death of him.
More Samuel Beckett Quotes
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It was long since I had longed for anything and the effect on me was horrible.
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Fail, fail again, fail better.
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The whisky bears a grudge against the decanter.
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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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We are all born crazy. Some remain that way.
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Any fool can turn a blind eye but who knows what the ostrich sees in the sand.
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Then I went back into the house and wrote, It is midnight. The rain is beating on the windows. It was not midnight. It was not raining.
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If I was dead, I wouldn’t know I was dead. That’s the only thing I have against death. I want to enjoy my death.
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All has not been said and never will be.
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Dance first. Think later. It’s the natural order.
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I have my faults, but changing my tune is not one of them.
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Habit is the ballast that chains the dog to his vomit.
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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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That desert of loneliness and recrimination that men call love.
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Life is habit. Or rather life is a succession of habits.
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