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.
SAMUEL BECKETTWhat do I know of man’s destiny? I could tell you more about radishes.
More Samuel Beckett Quotes
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Then I went back into the house and wrote, It is midnight. The rain is beating on the windows. It was not midnight. It was not raining.
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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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To restore silence is the role of objects.
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Against the charitable gesture there is no defence.
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We are all born crazy. Some remain that way.
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It was long since I had longed for anything and the effect on me was horrible.
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The day you die is just like any other, only shorter.
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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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I tried to groan, Help! Help! But the tone that came out was that of polite conversation.
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I have my faults, but changing my tune is not one of them.
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There’s never an end for the sea.
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Words are the clothes thoughts wear.
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Dear incomprehension, it’s thanks to you I’ll be myself, in the end.
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I am still alive then. That may come in useful.
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Go on failing. Go on. Only next time, try to fail better.
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