Let me go to hell, that's all I ask, and go on cursing them there, and them look down and hear me, that might take some of the shine off their bliss.

Quote by Samuel Beckett

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

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

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...

Poets are the sense, philosophers the intelligence of humanity.

Poets are the sense, philosophers the intelligence of humanity.

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

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

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...

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 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?

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.

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.

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 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...

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...

We are all born mad. Some remain so.

We are all born mad. Some remain so.

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,...

Go on failing. Go on. Only next time, try to fail better.

Go on failing. Go on. Only next time, try to fail better.

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

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

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,...

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

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

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,...