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

Quote by Samuel Beckett

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I have my faults, but changing my tune is not one of them.

I have my faults, but changing my tune is not one of them.

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

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

Try again. Fail again. Fail better.

Try again. Fail again. Fail better.

Words are all we have.

Words are all we have.

Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.

Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.

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.

Go on failing. Go on. Only next time, try to fail better.

Go on failing. Go on. Only next time, try to fail better.

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...

Birth was the death of him.

Birth was the death of him.

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...

Nothing matters but the writing. There has been nothing else worthwhile... a stain upon the...

Nothing matters but the writing. There has been nothing else worthwhile... a stain upon the...

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

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

Poets are the sense, philosophers the intelligence of humanity.

Poets are the sense, philosophers the intelligence of humanity.

Nothing is funnier than unhappiness, I grant you that. Yes, yes, it's the most comical...

Nothing is funnier than unhappiness, I grant you that. Yes, yes, it's the most comical...

You're on earth. There's no cure for that.

You're on earth. There's no cure for that.

If you do not love me I shall not be loved If I do not...

If you do not love me I shall not be loved If I do not...

I missed you...and at the same time I was happy. Isn't that a queer thing?

I missed you...and at the same time I was happy. Isn't that a queer thing?

Happiness is neither virtue nor pleasure nor this thing nor that but simply growth, We...

Happiness is neither virtue nor pleasure nor this thing nor that but simply growth, We...

Envy consists in seeing things never in themselves, but only in their relations. If you...

Envy consists in seeing things never in themselves, but only in their relations. If you...