Habit is the ballast that chains the dog to his vomit.
SAMUEL BECKETTWhat are we doing here, that is the question.
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Birth was the death of him.
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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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I am still alive then. That may come in useful.
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Friendship, according to Proust, is the negation of that irremediable solitude to which every human being is condemned.
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Every word is like an unnecessary stain on silence and nothingness.
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Fail, fail again, fail better.
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We are all born crazy. Some remain that way.
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To restore silence is the role of objects.
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Against the charitable gesture there is no defence.
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If you don’t know where you are currently standing, you’re dead.
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Memories are killing. So you must not think of certain things, of those that are dear to you, or rather you must think of them, for if you don’t there is the danger of finding them, in your mind, little by little.
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Dear incomprehension, it’s thanks to you I’ll be myself, in the end.
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Words and images run riot in my head, pursuing, flying, clashing, merging, endlessly. But beyond this tumult there is a great calm, and a great indifference, never really to be troubled by anything again.
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You’re on earth. There’s no cure for that.
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The day you die is just like any other, only shorter.
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