Poets are the sense, philosophers the intelligence of humanity.
SAMUEL BECKETTBetter hope deferred than none.
More Samuel Beckett Quotes
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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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People are bloody ignorant apes.
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That desert of loneliness and recrimination that men call love.
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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.
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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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Yes, there were times when I forgot not only who I was but that I was, forgot to be.
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All has not been said and never will be.
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He who has waited long enough, will wait forever. And there comes the hour when nothing more can happen and nobody more can come and all is ended but the waiting that knows itself in vain.
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Go on failing. Go on. Only next time, try to fail better.
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Better hope deferred than none.
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What do we do now, now that we are happy?
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Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.
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Fail, fail again, fail better.
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Don’t look for meaning in the words. Listen to the silences.
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What do I know of man’s destiny? I could tell you more about radishes.
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