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

Quote by Samuel Beckett

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

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

I write about myself with the same pencil and in the same exercise book as...

I write about myself with the same pencil and in the same exercise book as...

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...

Words are all we have.

Words are all we have.

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...

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

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

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,...

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...

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.

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...

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.

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...

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...

Habit is a great deadener.

Habit is a great deadener.

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...

Habit is a great deadener.

Habit is a great deadener.

It is right that he too should have his little chronicle, his memories, his reason,...

It is right that he too should have his little chronicle, his memories, his reason,...

Personally I have no bone to pick with graveyards.

Personally I have no bone to pick with graveyards.

If I had the use of my body, I would throw it out the window.

If I had the use of my body, I would throw it out the window.