The whisky bears a grudge against the decanter.
SAMUEL BECKETTThe old endless chain of love, tolerance, indifference, aversion and disgust.
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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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Every word is like an unnecessary stain on silence and nothingness.
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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.
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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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All life long, the same questions, the same answers.
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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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Poets are the sense, philosophers the intelligence of humanity.
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To have been always what I am – and so changed from what I was.
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Dance first. Think later. It’s the natural order.
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Go on failing. Go on. Only next time, try to fail better.
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What do I know of man’s destiny? I could tell you more about radishes.
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Then I went back into the house and wrote, It is midnight. The rain is beating on the windows. It was not midnight. It was not raining.
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What are we doing here, that is the question.
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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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