What are we doing here, that is the question.
SAMUEL BECKETTFor in me there have always been two fools, among others, one asking nothing better than to stay where he is and the other imagining that life might be slightly less horrible a little further on.
More Samuel Beckett Quotes
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The essential doesn’t change.
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Birth was the death of him.
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To have been always what I am – and so changed from what I was.
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To every man his little cross. Till he dies. And is forgotten.
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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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Perhaps my best years are gone. When there was a chance of happiness. But I wouldn’t want them back. Not with the fire in me now. No, I wouldn’t want them back.
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I could not have gone through the awful wretched mess of life without having left a stain upon the silence.
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What do I know of man’s destiny? I could tell you more about radishes.
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If I was dead, I wouldn’t know I was dead. That’s the only thing I have against death. I want to enjoy my death.
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The whisky bears a grudge against the decanter.
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Dance first. Think later. It’s the natural order.
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Habit is the ballast that chains the dog to his vomit.
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All mankind is us, whether we like it or not.
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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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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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