To every man his little cross. Till he dies. And is forgotten.
SAMUEL BECKETTWhat do we do now, now that we are happy?
More Samuel Beckett Quotes
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The sun shone, having no alternative, on the nothing new.
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Fail, fail again, fail better.
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Don’t look for meaning in the words. Listen to the silences.
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All life long, the same questions, the same answers.
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My mistakes are my life.
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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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Every word is like an unnecessary stain on silence and nothingness.
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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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It was long since I had longed for anything and the effect on me was horrible.
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Habit is the ballast that chains the dog to his vomit.
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But I was not made for the great light that devours, a dim lamp was all I had been given, and patience without end, to shine it on the empty shadows.
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Go on failing. Go on. Only next time, try to fail better.
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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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You won’t believe what you can accomplish by attempting the impossible with the courage to repeatedly fail better.
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But at this place, at this moment of time, all mankind is us, whether we like it or not. Let us make the most of it, before it is too late!
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