Friendship, according to Proust, is the negation of that irremediable solitude to which every human being is condemned.
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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You’re on earth. There’s no cure for that.
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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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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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To have been always what I am – and so changed from what I was.
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Do we mean love, when we say love?
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My mistakes are my life.
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He who has waited long enough, will wait forever. And there comes the hour when nothing more can happen and nobody more can come and all is ended but the waiting that knows itself in vain.
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I am still alive then. That may come in useful.
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What do we do now, now that we are happy?
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Dear incomprehension, it’s thanks to you I’ll be myself, in the end.
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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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Against the charitable gesture there is no defence.
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I have my faults, but changing my tune is not one of them.
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What do I know of man’s destiny? I could tell you more about radishes.
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If you don’t know where you are currently standing, you’re dead.
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