Yes, there were times when I forgot not only who I was but that I was, forgot to be.
SAMUEL BECKETTWhat do I know of man’s destiny? I could tell you more about radishes.
More Samuel Beckett Quotes
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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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Any fool can turn a blind eye but who knows what the ostrich sees in the sand.
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Habit is the ballast that chains the dog to his vomit.
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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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We have time to grow old. The air is full of our cries. But habit is a great deadener.
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Dear incomprehension, it’s thanks to you I’ll be myself, in the end.
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What are we doing here, that is the question.
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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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My mistakes are my life.
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All mankind is us, whether we like it or not.
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There’s something dripping in my head. A heart, a heart in my head.
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That desert of loneliness and recrimination that men call love.
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If you don’t know where you are currently standing, you’re dead.
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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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Dance first. Think later. It’s the natural order.
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I gave up before birth.
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Fail, fail again, fail better.
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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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The old endless chain of love, tolerance, indifference, aversion and disgust.
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Words are the clothes thoughts wear.
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There’s never an end for the sea.
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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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You won’t believe what you can accomplish by attempting the impossible with the courage to repeatedly fail better.
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To restore silence is the role of objects.
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The end is in the beginning and yet you go on.
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It was long since I had longed for anything and the effect on me was horrible.
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