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The whisky bears a grudge against the decanter.

Samuel Beckett

I marshalled the words and opened my mouth, thinking I would hear them. But all I heard was a kind of rattle, unintelligible even to me who knew what was intended.
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Kind Mouth Myself Open Thinking Word
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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End Enough Forever Wait Wasted Time
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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Head Myself Universe Window
What are we doing here, that is the question.
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Action Life Question Spiritual
Habit is the ballast that chains the dog to his vomit.
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Dog Habit Himself
I tried to groan, Help! Help! But the tone that came out was that of polite conversation.
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Conversation Myself Polite Try
All poetry, as discriminated from the various paradigms of prosody, is prayer.
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Discrimination Poetry Prayer
We have time to grow old. The air is full of our cries. But habit is a great deadener.
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Cry Dead Greatness Growth Habit Old Time
It was long since I had longed for anything and the effect on me was horrible.
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Dreams Effect Horrible Myself
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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Dangerous Kill Memories Mindset Thinking Yourself
I gave up before birth.
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Born Give Up Myself
You won’t believe what you can accomplish by attempting the impossible with the courage to repeatedly fail better.
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Accomplishment Attempt Believe Better Failure Impossible Repeat
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.
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Better Failure Inspirational Repeat Try
Go on failing. Go on. Only next time, try to fail better.
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Better Failure Inspirational Time Try
The creation of the world did not take place once and for all time, but takes place every day.
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Creation Place Time World
All mankind is us, whether we like it or not.
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Connection Existence Kind Man Spiritual

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