"I asked her to look at me and……" — Samuel Beckett
"I asked her to look at me and after a few moments - (pause) - after a few moments she did, but the eyes just slits, because of the glare I bent over her to get them in the shadow and they opened. (Pause. Low) Let me in."
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Samuel Beckett
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220 Quotes by Samuel Beckett
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There's man all over for you, blaming on his boots the fault of his feet.
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No, I regret nothing, all I regret is having been born, dying is such a long tiresome business I always…
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