I write about myself with the same pencil and in the same exercise book as about him. It is no longer I, but another whose life is just beginning.

Quote by Samuel Beckett

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

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

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

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

Habit is a great deadener.

Habit is a great deadener.

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...

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...

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,...

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,...

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 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?

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...

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

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

Words are all we have.

Words are all we have.

Try again. Fail again. Fail better.

Try again. Fail again. Fail better.

Birth was the death of him.

Birth was the death of him.

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

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

Habit is a great deadener.

Habit is a great deadener.

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...

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,...

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...

Personally I have no bone to pick with graveyards.

Personally I have no bone to pick with graveyards.