Any fool can turn a blind eye but who knows what the ostrich sees in the sand.
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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I tried to groan, Help! Help! But the tone that came out was that of polite conversation.
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There is no escape from yesterday because yesterday has deformed us, or been deformed by us. The mood is of no importance. Deformation has taken place.
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The day you die is just like any other, only shorter.
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Art has nothing to do with clarity, does not dabble in the clear and does not make clear
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For 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.
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I gave up before birth.
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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 end is in the beginning and yet you go on.
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Words are the clothes thoughts wear.
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Better hope deferred than none.
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What are we doing here, that is the question.
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Yes, in my life, since we must call it so, there were three things, the inability to speak, the inability to be silent, and solitude, that’s what I’ve had to make the best of.
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To have been always what I am – and so changed from what I was.
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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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Go on failing. Go on. Only next time, try to fail better.
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