But I was not made for the great light that devours, a dim lamp was all I had been given, and patience without end, to shine it on the empty shadows.
SAMUEL BECKETTThere’s never an end for the sea.
More Samuel Beckett Quotes
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My mistakes are my life.
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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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Every word is like an unnecessary stain on silence and nothingness.
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I have my faults, but changing my tune is not one of them.
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I am still alive then. That may come in useful.
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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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Don’t look for meaning in the words. Listen to the silences.
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What are we doing here, that is the question.
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I could not have gone through the awful wretched mess of life without having left a stain upon the silence.
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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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To restore silence is the role of objects.
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There’s never an end for the sea.
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Fail, fail again, fail better.
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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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To have been always what I am – and so changed from what I was.
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