Every word is like an unnecessary stain on silence and nothingness.
SAMUEL BECKETTThat desert of loneliness and recrimination that men call love.
More Samuel Beckett Quotes
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Birth was the death of him.
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People are bloody ignorant apes.
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To have been always what I am – and so changed from what I was.
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Yes, there were times when I forgot not only who I was but that I was, forgot to be.
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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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I could not have gone through the awful wretched mess of life without having left a stain upon the silence.
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If there is one question I dread, to which I have never been able to invent a satisfactory reply, it is the question what am I doing.
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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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Life is habit. Or rather life is a succession of habits.
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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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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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Dance first. Think later. It’s the natural order.
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What are we doing here, that is the question.
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The essential doesn’t change.
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