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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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.

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

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

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...

Try again. Fail again. Fail better.

Try again. Fail again. Fail better.

Habit is a great deadener.

Habit is a great deadener.

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

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

Do we mean love, when we say love?

Do we mean love, when we say love?

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...

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,...

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?

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,...

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...

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...

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.

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,...

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

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

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.