That desert of loneliness and recrimination that men call love.
SAMUEL BECKETTWhat do I know of man’s destiny? I could tell you more about radishes.
More Samuel Beckett Quotes
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The day you die is just like any other, only shorter.
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With all this darkness round me I feel less alone.
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Life is habit. Or rather life is a succession of habits.
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Dance first. Think later. It’s the natural order.
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Love, that is all I asked, a little love, daily, twice daily, fifty years of twice daily love like a Paris horse-butcher’s regular, what normal woman wants affection?
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Poets are the sense, philosophers the intelligence of humanity.
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To find a form that accommodates the mess, that is the task of the artist now.
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The sun shone, having no alternative, on the nothing new.
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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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But at this place, at this moment of time, all mankind is us, whether we like it or not. Let us make the most of it, before it is too late!
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Fail, fail again, fail better.
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Against the charitable gesture there is no defence.
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Birth was the death of him.
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Every word is like an unnecessary stain on silence and nothingness.
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If you do not love me I shall not be loved If I do not love you I shall not love.
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