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title: "4 Instant Quotes By Samuel Beckett"
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> [We wait. We are bored. (He throws up his hand.) No, don't protest, we are bored to death, there's no denying it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-beckett/we-wait-we-are-bored-he-throws-up-his-hand-no-don-t-protest-we-are/)

[Samuel Beckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-beckett/)

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> [Have you not done tormenting me with your accursed time! It's abominable! When! When! One day, is that not enough for you,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-beckett/have-you-not-done-tormenting-me-with-your-accursed-time-it-s/)

[Samuel Beckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-beckett/)

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> [They give birth astride of a grave, the light gleams an instant, then it's night once more.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-beckett/they-give-birth-astride-of-a-grave-the-light-gleams-an-instant-then/)

[Samuel Beckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-beckett/)

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> [We spend our life, it's ours, trying to bring together in the same instant a ray of sunshine and a free bench](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-beckett/we-spend-our-life-it-s-ours-trying-to-bring-together-in-the-same/)

[Samuel Beckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-beckett/)

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## Other authors on Instant

## More by Samuel Beckett

> [“It was December, I had never felt so cold, the eel soup lay heavy on my stomach, I was afraid I'd die, I turned…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-beckett/it-was-december-i-had-never-felt-so-cold-the-eel-soup-lay-heavy-on-my/)

[Samuel Beckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-beckett/)

> [“To be always what I am - and so changed from what I was.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-beckett/to-be-always-what-i-am-and-so-changed-from-what-i-was/)

[Samuel Beckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-beckett/)

> [To what will love not stoop!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-beckett/to-what-will-love-not-stoop/)

[Samuel Beckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-beckett/)

> [With all this darkness round me I feel less alone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-beckett/with-all-this-darkness-round-me-i-feel-less-alone/)

[Samuel Beckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-beckett/)

> [“You may say it is all in my head, and indeed sometimes it seems to me I am in a head and that these…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-beckett/you-may-say-it-is-all-in-my-head-and-indeed-sometimes-it-seems-to-me/)

[Samuel Beckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-beckett/)

> [“Here he stood. Here he sat. Here he knelt. Here he lay. Here he moved, to and fro, from the door to the window,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-beckett/here-he-stood-here-he-sat-here-he-knelt-here-he-lay-here-he-moved-to/)

[Samuel Beckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-beckett/)

> [What are we doing here, that is the question. And we are blessed in this, that we happen to know the answer. Yes, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-beckett/what-are-we-doing-here-that-is-the-question-and-we-are-blessed-in/)

[Samuel Beckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-beckett/)

> [I shall state silences more competently than ever a better man spangled the butterflies of vertigo.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-beckett/i-shall-state-silences-more-competently-than-ever-a-better-man/)

[Samuel Beckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-beckett/)

> [It is useless not to seek, not to want, for when you cease to seek you start to find, and when you cease to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-beckett/it-is-useless-not-to-seek-not-to-want-for-when-you-cease-to-seek-you/)

[Samuel Beckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-beckett/)

> [We are not saints, but we have kept our appointment. How many people can boast as much?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-beckett/we-are-not-saints-but-we-have-kept-our-appointment-how-many-people/)

[Samuel Beckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-beckett/)

> [The new light above my table is a great improvement. With all this darkness around me I feel less alone. (Pause.) In a way.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-beckett/the-new-light-above-my-table-is-a-great-improvement-with-all-this/)

[Samuel Beckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-beckett/)

> [I lay down across her with my face in her breasts and my hand on her. We lay there without moving. But under us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-beckett/i-lay-down-across-her-with-my-face-in-her-breasts-and-my-hand-on-her/)

[Samuel Beckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-beckett/)

> [Women are all the bloody sameyou can't love for five minutes without wanting it abolished in brats and house bloody wifery.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-beckett/women-are-all-the-bloody-sameyou-can-t-love-for-five-minutes-without/)

[Samuel Beckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-beckett/)

> [“ESTRAGON: Do you think God sees me? VLADIMIR: You must close your eyes. Estragon closes his eyes, staggers worse. ESTRAGON: (stopping, brandishing his fists,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-beckett/estragon-do-you-think-god-sees-me-vladimir-you-must-close-your-eyes/)

[Samuel Beckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-beckett/)

> [Deplorable mania, when something happens, to inquire what.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-beckett/deplorable-mania-when-something-happens-to-inquire-what/)

[Samuel Beckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-beckett/)

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