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 BECKETTAny fool can turn a blind eye but who knows what the ostrich sees in the sand.
More Samuel Beckett Quotes
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Birth was the death of him.
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I tried to groan, Help! Help! But the tone that came out was that of polite conversation.
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Against the charitable gesture there is no defence.
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If there is one question I dread, to which I have never been able to invent a satisfactory reply, it is the question what am I doing.
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To have been always what I am – and so changed from what I was.
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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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That desert of loneliness and recrimination that men call love.
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The day you die is just like any other, only shorter.
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It was long since I had longed for anything and the effect on me was horrible.
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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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Don’t look for meaning in the words. Listen to the silences.
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Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.
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Nothing is more real than nothing.
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The essential doesn’t change.
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Life is habit. Or rather life is a succession of habits.
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