Nothing is more real than nothing.
SAMUEL BECKETTAgainst the charitable gesture there is no defence.
More Samuel Beckett Quotes
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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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Yes, there were times when I forgot not only who I was but that I was, forgot to be.
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Life is habit. Or rather life is a succession of habits.
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All poetry, as discriminated from the various paradigms of prosody, is prayer.
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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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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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All mankind is us, whether we like it or not.
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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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What do I know of man’s destiny? I could tell you more about radishes.
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Words are the clothes thoughts wear.
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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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Nothing is funnier than unhappiness, I grant you that. Yes, yes, it’s the most comical thing in the world.
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Don’t wait to be hunted to hide, that was always my motto.
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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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What are we doing here, that is the question.
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