Yes, there were times when I forgot not only who I was but that I was, forgot to be.
SAMUEL BECKETTWhat do we do now, now that we are happy?
More Samuel Beckett Quotes
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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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Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.
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Better hope deferred than none.
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Don’t look for meaning in the words. Listen to the silences.
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I use the words you taught me. If they don’t mean anything any more, teach me others. Or let me be silent.
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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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To find a form that accommodates the mess, that is the task of the artist now.
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Then I went back into the house and wrote, It is midnight. The rain is beating on the windows. It was not midnight. It was not raining.
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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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With all this darkness round me I feel less alone.
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Against the charitable gesture there is no defence.
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The dust will not settle in our time. And when it does some great roaring machine will come and whirl it all skyhigh again.
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Nothing is more real than nothing.
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To restore silence is the role of objects.
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I have my faults, but changing my tune is not one of them.
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