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.
SAMUEL BECKETTThe dust will not settle in our time. And when it does some great roaring machine will come and whirl it all skyhigh again.
More Samuel Beckett Quotes
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I could not have gone through the awful wretched mess of life without having left a stain upon the silence.
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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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It was long since I had longed for anything and the effect on me was horrible.
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Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.
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All life long, the same questions, the same answers.
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To have been always what I am – and so changed from what I was.
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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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All mankind is us, whether we like it or not.
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What do we do now, now that we are happy?
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The old endless chain of love, tolerance, indifference, aversion and disgust.
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In my head there are several windows, that I do know, but perhaps it is always the same one, open variously on the parading universe.
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Nothing is funnier than unhappiness, I grant you that. Yes, yes, it’s the most comical thing in the world.
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The day you die is just like any other, only shorter.
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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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You’re on earth. There’s no cure for that.
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