What do I know of man’s destiny? I could tell you more about radishes.
SAMUEL BECKETTBetter hope deferred than none.
More Samuel Beckett Quotes
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Don’t look for meaning in the words. Listen to the silences.
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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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Sometimes I wonder if I’m in my right mind. Then it passes off and I’m as intelligent as ever.
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My mistakes are my life.
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Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.
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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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There is no escape from yesterday because yesterday has deformed us, or been deformed by us. The mood is of no importance. Deformation has taken place.
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Yes, in my life, since we must call it so, there were three things, the inability to speak, the inability to be silent, and solitude, that’s what I’ve had to make the best of.
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The sun shone, having no alternative, on the nothing new.
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All mankind is us, whether we like it or not.
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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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Words are the clothes thoughts wear.
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We have time to grow old. The air is full of our cries. But habit is a great deadener.
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I gave up before birth.
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With all this darkness round me I feel less alone.
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