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

Quote by Samuel Beckett

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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...

Habit is a great deadener.

Habit is a great deadener.

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

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

Try again. Fail again. Fail better.

Try again. Fail again. Fail better.

Just under the surface I shall be, all together at first, then separate and drift,...

Just under the surface I shall be, all together at first, then separate and drift,...

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...

We are all born mad. Some remain so.

We are all born mad. Some remain so.

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.

Dance first. Think later. It's the natural order.

Dance first. Think later. It's the natural order.

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...

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...

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...

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...

Personally I have no bone to pick with graveyards.

Personally I have no bone to pick with graveyards.

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...

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.

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,...

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,...

No, I regret nothing, all I regret is having been born, dying is such a...

No, I regret nothing, all I regret is having been born, dying is such a...