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Samuel Beckett Quotes

Samuel Beckett quotes

Irish Playwright, Writer April 13, 1906 – December 22, 1989

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Samuel Beckett quote: "Dear incomprehension, it's thanks to you I'll be myself, in..."
Dear incomprehension, it's thanks to you I'll be myself, in the end. Samuel Beckett
But I pushed and pulled in vain, the wheels would not turn. It was as though the brakes were jammed, and heaven knows they were not, for my bicycle had no brakes. And suddenly overcome by a great weariness, in spite of the dying day when I always felt most alive, I threw the bicycle back in the bush and lay down on the ground, on the grass, careless of the dew, I never feared the dew. Samuel Beckett
Samuel Beckett quote: "Any fool can turn a blind eye but who knows what the ostrich..."
Any fool can turn a blind eye but who knows what the ostrich sees in the sand. Samuel Beckett
Samuel Beckett quote: "Art has nothing to do with clarity, does not dabble in the..."
Art has nothing to do with clarity, does not dabble in the clear and does not make clear Samuel Beckett
Samuel Beckett quote: "Habit is the ballast that chains the dog to his vomit."
Habit is the ballast that chains the dog to his vomit. Samuel Beckett
Samuel Beckett quote: "Where I am, I don't know, I'll never know, in the silence you..."
Where I am, I don't know, I'll never know, in the silence you don't know, you must go on, I can't go on, I'll go on. Samuel Beckett
Samuel Beckett quote: "Unfathomable mind: now beacon, now sea."
Unfathomable mind: now beacon, now sea. Samuel Beckett
Then I went back into the house and wrote, It is midnight. The rain is beating on the windows. It was not midnight. It was not raining. Samuel Beckett
Normally I didn’t see a great deal. I didn’t hear a great deal either. I didn’t pay attention. Strictly speaking I wasn’t there. Strictly speaking I believe I’ve never been anywhere. Samuel Beckett
Samuel Beckett quote: "Dying for dark - the darker the worse. Strange."
Dying for dark - the darker the worse. Strange. Samuel Beckett
Samuel Beckett quote: "Poets are the sense, philosophers the intelligence of humanity."
Poets are the sense, philosophers the intelligence of humanity. Samuel Beckett
Samuel Beckett quote: "It is midnight. Rain is beating against the window." It was..."
It is midnight. Rain is beating against the window." It was not midnight. It was not raining. Samuel Beckett
Samuel Beckett quote: "Yes, light, there is no other word for it."
Yes, light, there is no other word for it. Samuel Beckett
And yet sometimes it seems to me I am there, among the incriminated scenes, tottering under the attributes peculiar to the lords of creation ... Yes, more than once I almost took myself for the other, all but suffered after his fashion, the space of an instant. Samuel Beckett
Samuel Beckett quote: "How can one better magnify the Almighty than by sniggering..."
How can one better magnify the Almighty than by sniggering with him at his little jokes, particularly the poorer ones? Samuel Beckett

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