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

Quote by Samuel Beckett

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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.

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,...

Do we mean love, when we say love?

Do we mean love, when we say love?

Personally I have no bone to pick with graveyards.

Personally I have no bone to pick with graveyards.

Habit is a great deadener.

Habit is a great deadener.

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

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

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...

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.

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

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

Birth was the death of him.

Birth was the death of him.

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.

Where I am, I don't know, I'll never know, in the silence you don't know,...

Where I am, I don't know, I'll never know, in the silence you don't know,...

Poets are the sense, philosophers the intelligence of humanity.

Poets are the sense, philosophers the intelligence of humanity.

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

In the landscape of extinction, precision is next to godliness.

In the landscape of extinction, precision is next to godliness.