Yes, there were times when I forgot not only who I was but that I was, forgot to be.
SAMUEL BECKETTAgainst the charitable gesture there is no defence.
More Samuel Beckett Quotes
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The sun shone, having no alternative, on the nothing new.
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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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There’s something dripping in my head. A heart, a heart in my head.
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I am still alive then. That may come in useful.
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To every man his little cross. Till he dies. And is forgotten.
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You won’t believe what you can accomplish by attempting the impossible with the courage to repeatedly fail better.
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To find a form that accommodates the mess, that is the task of the artist now.
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It was long since I had longed for anything and the effect on me was horrible.
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Do we mean love, when we say love?
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Friendship, according to Proust, is the negation of that irremediable solitude to which every human being is condemned.
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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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Words are the clothes thoughts wear.
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Poets are the sense, philosophers the intelligence of humanity.
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The whisky bears a grudge against the decanter.
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The creation of the world did not take place once and for all time, but takes place every day.
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