Words and images run riot in my head, pursuing, flying, clashing, merging, endlessly. But beyond this tumult there is a great calm, and a great indifference, never really to be troubled by anything again.
SAMUEL BECKETTTo restore silence is the role of objects.
More Samuel Beckett Quotes
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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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Every word is like an unnecessary stain on silence and nothingness.
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We have time to grow old. The air is full of our cries. But habit is a great deadener.
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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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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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To restore silence is the role of objects.
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Perhaps my best years are gone. When there was a chance of happiness. But I wouldn’t want them back. Not with the fire in me now. No, I wouldn’t want them back.
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The day you die is just like any other, only shorter.
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All life long, the same questions, the same answers.
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The sun shone, having no alternative, on the nothing new.
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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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Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.
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I use the words you taught me. If they don’t mean anything any more, teach me others. Or let me be silent.
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We are all born crazy. Some remain that way.
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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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