There's my life, why not, it is one, if you like, if you must, I don't say no, this evening. There has to be one, it seems, once there is speech, no need of a story, a story is not compulsory, just a life, that's the mistake I made, one of the mistakes, to have wanted a story for myself whereas life alone is enough.
Samuel BeckettWe are no longer the same, you wiser but not sadder, and I sadder but not wiser, for wiser I could hardly become without grave personal inconvenience, whereas sorrow is a thing you can keep adding to all your life long, is it not, like a stamp or an egg collection, without feeling very much the worse for it, is it not.
Samuel BeckettFriendship, according to Proust, is the negation of that irremediable solitude to which every human being is condemned.
Samuel BeckettTag: friendship solitude alone
e earth makes a sound as of sighs and the last drops fall from the emptied cloudless sky. A small boy, stretching out his hands and looking up at the blue sky, asked his mother how such a thing was possible. Fuck off, she said.
Samuel BeckettI knew it would soon be the end, so I played the part, you know, the part of-how shall I say, I don’t know.
Samuel BeckettAstride of a grave and a difficult birth. Down in the hole, lingeringly, the gravedigger puts on the forceps.
Samuel BeckettIt was long since I had longed for anything and the effect on me was horrible.
Samuel BeckettTag: pain time change suffering desire longing
I stopped being half-witted and became sly whenever I took the trouble.
Samuel BeckettWe wait. We are bored. (He throws up his hand.) No, don't protest, we are bored to death, there's no denying it. Good. A diversion comes along and what do we do? We let it go to waste. Come, let's get to work! (He advances towards the heap, stops in his stride.) In an instant all will vanish and we'll be alone more, in the midst of nothingness!
Samuel BeckettWas I asleep? Had I slept?
Samuel BeckettTag: consciousness reality sleep dream waiting
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