The dust will not settle in our time. And when it does some great roaring machine will come and whirl it all skyhigh again.
SAMUEL BECKETTSometimes I wonder if I’m in my right mind. Then it passes off and I’m as intelligent as ever.
More Samuel Beckett Quotes
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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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Words are the clothes thoughts wear.
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The creation of the world did not take place once and for all time, but takes place every day.
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What do I know of man’s destiny? I could tell you more about radishes.
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To find a form that accommodates the mess, that is the task of the artist now.
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We are all born crazy. Some remain that way.
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I gave up before birth.
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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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That desert of loneliness and recrimination that men call love.
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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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All has not been said and never will be.
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What are we doing here, that is the question.
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Life is habit. Or rather life is a succession of habits.
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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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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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