I use the words you taught me. If they don’t mean anything any more, teach me others. Or let me be silent.
SAMUEL BECKETTEver tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.
More Samuel Beckett Quotes
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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.
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All has not been said and never will be.
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My mistakes are my life.
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It was long since I had longed for anything and the effect on me was horrible.
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Go on failing. Go on. Only next time, try to fail better.
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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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In my head there are several windows, that I do know, but perhaps it is always the same one, open variously on the parading universe.
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All poetry, as discriminated from the various paradigms of prosody, is prayer.
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Against the charitable gesture there is no defence.
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Every word is like an unnecessary stain on silence and nothingness.
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All mankind is us, whether we like it or not.
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Dance first. Think later. It’s the natural order.
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Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.
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To every man his little cross. Till he dies. And is forgotten.
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There’s something dripping in my head. A heart, a heart in my head.
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