Art Quote by Samuel Beckett

““That's what hell must be like, small chat to the babbling of Lethe about the good old days when we wished we were dead.””

Samuel Beckett

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“To be always what I am - and so changed from what I was.”

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“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,…

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I shall state silences more competently than ever a better man spangled the butterflies of vertigo.

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It is useless not to seek, not to want, for when you cease to seek you start to find, and when you cease to…

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We are not saints, but we have kept our appointment. How many people can boast as much?

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