The old endless chain of love, tolerance, indifference, aversion and disgust.
SAMUEL BECKETTTo restore silence is the role of objects.
More Samuel Beckett Quotes
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Do we mean love, when we say love?
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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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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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To have been always what I am – and so changed from what I was.
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The end is in the beginning and yet you go on.
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There’s something dripping in my head. A heart, a heart in my head.
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It was long since I had longed for anything and the effect on me was horrible.
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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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All mankind is us, whether we like it or not.
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We are all born crazy. Some remain that way.
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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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Go on failing. Go on. Only next time, try to fail better.
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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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The essential doesn’t change.
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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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