Quote by Samuel Beckett Download Open image ““I stopped being half-witted and became sly whenever I took the trouble.”” — Samuel Beckett ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“I could ease your aches and you mine, Carrot, you need only ask.” “Shut up,” she mumbled, perhaps not the most witty of comebacks,… — Vivian Arend Copy Share Image
“She was quick of mind and swift of tongue, always ready to answer a set down with the kind of witty rebuke most of… — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share Image
“Her conversation often revealed that behind her smiles, height, blonde hair and grasp of fashion lay a wit that was severely lacking.” — D.M. Andrews Copy Share Image
“He wasn't always trying to say witty things, and when he did say them, he felt no need to repeat them for changing company.” — Richard Russo Copy Share Image
“...I bit my tongue and sat through his detailed and strained explanation. Not for the first time, I realized he considered me slightly slow.… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
“Your wit is an education for me, Miss Boyce. I’d not realized that cleverness could coincide with such feminine graces.” — Meredith Duran Copy Share Image
“I raised an eyebrow. "You know, you're really good at compliments. Actually, it's surprising that a person with charm like yours has any enemies." The words came out before I could stop them. At this rate I would never be able to ask him about Benjamin Gallow, and it didn't help that every time he looked at me I wanted… — Yvonne Woon Copy Share
“She confused wit with intelligence, and made people laugh rather than lightening their hearts or making them think.” — E. Lockhart Copy Share Image
“She was… damn it, she was everything. Witty, enchanting, brave, smart… and beautiful. And he knew that his eyes were saying all that and… — L.J Smith Copy Share Image
“But he’ll just say a bunch of smart-ass stuff before maybe telling you anything real. That’s what he does.” Standing, I said, “I think… — Rachel Hawkins Copy Share Image
“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… — Samuel Beckett Copy Share Image
“You may say it is all in my head, and indeed sometimes it seems to me I am in a head and that these… — Samuel Beckett Copy Share Image
“Here he stood. Here he sat. Here he knelt. Here he lay. Here he moved, to and fro, from the door to the window, from the window to the door; from the window to the door, from the door to the window; from the fire to the bed, from the bed to the fire; from the bed to the fire,… — Samuel Beckett Copy Share
What are we doing here, that is the question. And we are blessed in this, that we happen to know the answer. Yes, in… — Samuel Beckett Copy Share Image
I shall state silences more competently than ever a better man spangled the butterflies of vertigo. — Samuel Beckett Copy Share Image
It is useless not to seek, not to want, for when you cease to seek you start to find, and when you cease to… — Samuel Beckett Copy Share Image
We are not saints, but we have kept our appointment. How many people can boast as much? — Samuel Beckett Copy Share Image
The new light above my table is a great improvement. With all this darkness around me I feel less alone. (Pause.) In a way.… — Samuel Beckett Copy Share Image
I lay down across her with my face in her breasts and my hand on her. We lay there without moving. But under us… — Samuel Beckett Copy Share Image
