Words are all we have.

Quote by Samuel Beckett

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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...

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...

If you do not love me I shall not be loved If I do not...

If you do not love me I shall not be loved If I do not...

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,...

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...

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

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

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,...

They give birth astride of a grave, the light gleams an instant, then it's night...

They give birth astride of a grave, the light gleams an instant, then it's night...

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.

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

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

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 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...

We are all born mad. Some remain so.

We are all born mad. Some remain so.

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,...

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...

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 shall state silences more competently than ever a better man spangled the butterflies of...

I shall state silences more competently than ever a better man spangled the butterflies of...

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

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