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I use the words you taught me. If they don’t mean anything any more, teach me others. Or let me be silent.

Samuel Beckett

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

Forget Myself Time
With all this darkness round me I feel less alone.
SAMUEL BECKETT

Alone Darkness Feeling Myself
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!
SAMUEL BECKETT

Moments Place Time
Don’t look for meaning in the words. Listen to the silences.
SAMUEL BECKETT

Deep Listening Meaning Silence Wisdom Word
But I was not made for the great light that devours, a dim lamp was all I had been given, and patience without end, to shine it on the empty shadows.
SAMUEL BECKETT

End Greatness Light Myself Patience Shadow Shine
Poets are the sense, philosophers the intelligence of humanity.
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Humanity Intelligence Philosophy Poet
But what matter whether I was born or not, have lived or not, am dead or merely dying. I shall go on doing as I have always done, not knowing what it is I do, nor who I am, nor where I am, nor if I am.
SAMUEL BECKETT

Born Death Live Myself
Every word is like an unnecessary stain on silence and nothingness.
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Deep Necessary Silence Word
The old endless chain of love, tolerance, indifference, aversion and disgust.
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Disgust Love Old Tolerance
To find a form that accommodates the mess, that is the task of the artist now.
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Artist Mess Task Work
We are all born crazy. Some remain that way.
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Born Crazy Remain
You won’t believe what you can accomplish by attempting the impossible with the courage to repeatedly fail better.
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Accomplishment Attempt Believe Better Failure Impossible Repeat
Words are the clothes thoughts wear.
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Clothes Thinking Word
Dear incomprehension, it’s thanks to you I’ll be myself, in the end.
SAMUEL BECKETT

End Thankful Yourself
It was long since I had longed for anything and the effect on me was horrible.
SAMUEL BECKETT

Dreams Effect Horrible Myself
You’re on earth. There’s no cure for that.
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Cure Earth One Liner

I use the words you taught me. If they don’t mean anything any more, teach me others. Or let me be silent.

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I use the words you taught me. If they don’t mean anything any more, teach me others. Or let me be silent.

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