What do I know of man’s destiny? I could tell you more about radishes.
SAMUEL BECKETTFriendship, according to Proust, is the negation of that irremediable solitude to which every human being is condemned.
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Dance first. Think later. It’s the natural order.
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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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Dear incomprehension, it’s thanks to you I’ll be myself, in the end.
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The whisky bears a grudge against the decanter.
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You’re on earth. There’s no cure for that.
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But what matter whether I was born or not, have lived or not, am dead or merely dying. I shall go on doing as I have always done, not knowing what it is I do, nor who I am, nor where I am, nor if I am.
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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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Sometimes I wonder if I’m in my right mind. Then it passes off and I’m as intelligent as ever.
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It was long since I had longed for anything and the effect on me was horrible.
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Art has nothing to do with clarity, does not dabble in the clear and does not make clear
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That desert of loneliness and recrimination that men call love.
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Life is habit. Or rather life is a succession of habits.
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Every word is like an unnecessary stain on silence and nothingness.
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Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. 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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