The tears of the world are a constant quality. For each one who begins to weep, somewhere else another stops. The same is true of the laugh.

Quote by Samuel Beckett

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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...

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.

Try again. Fail again. Fail better.

Try again. Fail again. Fail better.

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.

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...

We are all born mad. Some remain so.

We are all born mad. Some remain so.

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

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

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.

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...

Words are all we have.

Words are all we have.

Habit is a great deadener.

Habit is a great deadener.

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...

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

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

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...

Dublin university contains the cream of Ireland: Rich and thick.

Dublin university contains the cream of Ireland: Rich and thick.

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...

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,...

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

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