James Joyce was a synthesizer, trying to bring in as much as he could. I am an analyzer, trying to leave out as much as I can.

Quote by Samuel Beckett

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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.

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...

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

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

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,...

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...

Words are all we have.

Words are all we have.

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.

Habit is a great deadener.

Habit is a great deadener.

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

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

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...

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

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

Try again. Fail again. Fail better.

Try again. Fail again. Fail better.

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?

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...

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,...

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

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

Personally I have no bone to pick with graveyards.

Personally I have no bone to pick with graveyards.

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.

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.