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.
SAMUEL BECKETTFail, fail again, fail better.
More Samuel Beckett Quotes
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Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.
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What do we do now, now that we are happy?
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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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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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We are all born crazy. Some remain that way.
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What are we doing here, that is the question.
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It was long since I had longed for anything and the effect on me was horrible.
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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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For in me there have always been two fools, among others, one asking nothing better than to stay where he is and the other imagining that life might be slightly less horrible a little further on.
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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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There’s never an end for the sea.
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To restore silence is the role of objects.
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To have been always what I am – and so changed from what I was.
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Life is habit. Or rather life is a succession of habits.
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Habit is the ballast that chains the dog to his vomit.
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