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Only Quotes by Samuel Beckett
- It is right that he too should have his little chronicle, his memories, his reason, and be able to recognize the good in the bad,…
- So all things limp together for the only possible.
- The fact would seem to be, if in my situation one may speak of facts, not only that I shall have to speak of things…
- The only sin is the sin of being born
- I open the door of the cell and go. I am so bowed I only see my feet, if I open my eyes, and between…
- The confusion is not my invention. We cannot listen to a conversation for five minutes without being aware of the confusion. It is all around…
- How long have I been here, what a question, I've often wondered. And often I could answer, An hour, a month, a year, a century,…
- Already all confusion. Things and imaginings. As of always. Confusion amounting to nothing. Despite precautions. If only she could be pure figment. Unalloyed. This old…
- Go on failing. Go on. Only next time, try to fail better.
- Yes, there were times when I forgot not only who I was but that I was, forgot to be.
- For the only way one can speak of nothing is to speak of it as though it were something, just as the only way one…
- He brings light, as only the great dare to bring light, to the issueless predicament of existence.
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