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 BECKETTWords are the clothes thoughts wear.
More Samuel Beckett Quotes
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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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There’s something dripping in my head. A heart, a heart in my head.
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Nothing is funnier than unhappiness, I grant you that. Yes, yes, it’s the most comical thing in the world.
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It was long since I had longed for anything and the effect on me was horrible.
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Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.
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Any fool can turn a blind eye but who knows what the ostrich sees in the sand.
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If you don’t know where you are currently standing, you’re dead.
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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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Fail, fail again, fail better.
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People are bloody ignorant apes.
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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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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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The day you die is just like any other, only shorter.
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The old endless chain of love, tolerance, indifference, aversion and disgust.
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That desert of loneliness and recrimination that men call love.
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