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I am still alive then. That may come in useful.

Samuel Beckett

The day you die is just like any other, only shorter.
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Day Death Normal Short Yourself
Go on failing. Go on. Only next time, try to fail better.
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Better Failure Inspirational Time Try
You’re on earth. There’s no cure for that.
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Cure Earth One Liner
Nothing is funnier than unhappiness, I grant you that. Yes, yes, it’s the most comical thing in the world.
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Comedy Funny Happiness Myself World
Against the charitable gesture there is no defence.
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Charity Defense
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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Head Myself Universe Window
All mankind is us, whether we like it or not.
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Connection Existence Kind Man Spiritual
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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Home Myself Rain Window Writing
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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Moments Place Time
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
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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Meaning Myself Silence Teaching Word Yourself
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.
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Better Failure Inspirational Repeat Try
Friendship, according to Proust, is the negation of that irremediable solitude to which every human being is condemned.
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Friendship Human Solitude
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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Destruction Escape Important Past Place
If you don’t know where you are currently standing, you’re dead.
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Current Death Stand Yourself

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