English literature Quote by Samuel Beckett

“ESTRAGON: We always find something, eh Didi, to give us the impression we exist? VLADIMIR: (impatiently). Yes yes, we’re magicians.”

— Samuel Beckett

Estragon: We always find something, eh Didi, to give us the impression we exist? Vladimir: Yes, yes, we're magicians.

— Samuel Beckett

“VLADIMIR: To have lived is not enough for them. ESTRAGON: They have to talk about it. VLADIMIR”

— Samuel Beckett

ESTRAGON: I can't go on like this. VLADIMIR: That's what you think.

— Samuel Beckett

“Vladimir: That passed the time. Estragon: It would have passed in any case. Vladimir: Yes, but not so rapidly.”

— Samuel Beckett

“ESTRAGON: Don't touch me! Don't question me! Don't speak to me! Stay with me! VLADIMIR: Did I ever leave you? ESTRAGON: You let me…

— Samuel Beckett

Vladimir: I don't understand. Estragon: Use your intelligence, can't you? Vladimir uses his intelligence. Vladimir: (finally) I remain in the dark.

— Samuel Beckett

“The magician takes the ordinary something and makes it do something extraordinary. Now you're looking for the secret... but you wont find it, because…

— Christopher Priest

“ESTRAGON: Do you think God sees me? VLADIMIR: You must close your eyes. Estragon closes his eyes, staggers worse. ESTRAGON: (stopping, brandishing his fists,…

— Samuel Beckett

“We always find something, eh Didi, to give us the impression we exist?”

— Samuel Beckett

VLADIMIR: What do they say? ESTRAGON: They talk about their lives. VLADIMIR: To have lived is not enough for them. ESTRAGON: They have to…

— Samuel Beckett

“He supposed it was inevitable. Dip a person into one particular specialty deeply enough and long enough, and he would automatically begin to assume…

— Isaac Asimov