What do I know of man’s destiny? I could tell you more about radishes.
SAMUEL BECKETTBut 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.
More Samuel Beckett Quotes
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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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All has not been said and never will be.
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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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There’s something dripping in my head. A heart, a heart in my head.
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All life long, the same questions, the same answers.
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All mankind is us, whether we like it or not.
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If you do not love me I shall not be loved If I do not love you I shall not love.
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Go on failing. Go on. Only next time, try to fail better.
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I gave up before birth.
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Don’t wait to be hunted to hide, that was always my motto.
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Every word is like an unnecessary stain on silence and nothingness.
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That desert of loneliness and recrimination that men call love.
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The day you die is just like any other, only shorter.
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The essential doesn’t change.
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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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