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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.

Samuel Beckett

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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Ability Best Life Myself Silence Talk
If you don’t know where you are currently standing, you’re dead.
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Current Death Stand Yourself
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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Head Myself Universe Window
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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Death Enjoyment Myself
Dear incomprehension, it’s thanks to you I’ll be myself, in the end.
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End Thankful Yourself
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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Affection Love Myself Normal Woman
Nothing is more real than nothing.
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One Liner Reality
Habit is the ballast that chains the dog to his vomit.
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Dog Habit Himself
My mistakes are my life.
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Life Mistake Myself One Liner
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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Kind Mouth Myself Open Thinking Word
I have my faults, but changing my tune is not one of them.
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Change Mistake Myself
Don’t look for meaning in the words. Listen to the silences.
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Deep Listening Meaning Silence Wisdom Word
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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Dangerous Kill Memories Mindset Thinking Yourself
Yes, there were times when I forgot not only who I was but that I was, forgot to be.
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Forget Myself Time
The end is in the beginning and yet you go on.
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Beginning End Philosophy Wisdom
Don’t wait to be hunted to hide, that was always my motto.
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Hide Hunt Myself Wait

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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