Every word is like an unnecessary stain on silence and nothingness.

Quote by Samuel Beckett

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What do I know of man's destiny? I could tell you more about radishes.

What do I know of man's destiny? I could tell you more about radishes.

I can't go on. I'll go on.

I can't go on. I'll go on.

Birth was the death of him.

Birth was the death of him.

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

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

The tears of the world are a constant quality. For each one who begins to...

The tears of the world are a constant quality. For each one who begins to...

Do we mean love, when we say love?

Do we mean love, when we say love?

To find a form that accommodates the mess, that is the task of the artist...

To find a form that accommodates the mess, that is the task of the artist...

Try again. Fail again. Fail better.

Try again. Fail again. Fail better.

They give birth astride of a grave, the light gleams an instant, then it's night...

They give birth astride of a grave, the light gleams an instant, then it's night...

Poets are the sense, philosophers the intelligence of humanity.

Poets are the sense, philosophers the intelligence of humanity.

Dublin university contains the cream of Ireland: Rich and thick.

Dublin university contains the cream of Ireland: Rich and thick.

There's man all over for you, blaming on his boots the fault of his feet.

There's man all over for you, blaming on his boots the fault of his feet.

All I know is what the words know, and dead things, and that makes a...

All I know is what the words know, and dead things, and that makes a...

That's how it is on this bitch of an earth.

That's how it is on this bitch of an earth.

Habit is a great deadener.

Habit is a great deadener.

Dublin university contains the cream of Ireland: Rich and thick.

Dublin university contains the cream of Ireland: Rich and thick.

Habit is a great deadener.

Habit is a great deadener.

We are all born mad. Some remain so.

We are all born mad. Some remain so.

James Joyce was a synthesizer, trying to bring in as much as he could. I...

James Joyce was a synthesizer, trying to bring in as much as he could. I...

Let me go to hell, that's all I ask, and go on cursing them there,...

Let me go to hell, that's all I ask, and go on cursing them there,...