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Samuel Beckett Quotes about Darkness

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With all this darkness round me I feel less alone.

With all this darkness round me I feel less alone.

Samuel Beckett
Darkness, Feels, Rounds
Samuel Beckett (2012). “Krapp's Last Tape and Other Shorter Plays”, p.24, Faber & Faber

But I know what darkness is, it accumulates, thickens, then suddenly bursts and drowns everything.

Samuel Beckett
Darkness, Knows
Samuel Beckett (2009). “Three Novels: Molloy, Malone Dies, The Unnamable”, p.184, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

You cried for night - it falls. Now cry in darkness.

Samuel Beckett
Fall, Night, Darkness
Samuel Beckett (2012). “The Complete Dramatic Works of Samuel Beckett”, p.129, Faber & Faber

Silence and darkness were all I craved. Well, I get a certain amount of both. They being one.

Samuel Beckett
Silence, Darkness, Certain
Samuel Beckett (2010). “The Collected Shorter Plays of Samuel Beckett: All That Fall, Act Without Words, Krapp's Last Tape, Cascando, Eh Joe, Footfall, Rockaby and others”, p.159, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

The new light above my table is a great improvement. With all this darkness around me I feel less alone. (Pause.) In a way. (Pause.) I love to get up and move about in it, then back here to... (hesitates) ...me. (Pause.)

Samuel Beckett
Moving, Light, Darkness
Samuel Beckett (2012). “Krapp's Last Tape and Other Shorter Plays”, p.24, Faber & Faber

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