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Samuel Beckett Quotes about Death

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Birth was the death of him.

Birth was the death of him.

Samuel Beckett
Death, Birth
Samuel Beckett (2012). “Krapp's Last Tape and Other Shorter Plays”, p.109, Faber & Faber

Personally I have no bone to pick with graveyards, I take the air there willingly, perhaps more willingly than elsewhere, when take the air I must.

Samuel Beckett
Death, Air, Dying
First Love (1973) p. 8

The end of a life is always vivifying.

Samuel Beckett
Life, Death, Birth
Samuel Beckett (2009). “Three Novels: Molloy, Malone Dies, The Unnamable”, p.206, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

Never but the one matter. The dead and gone. The dying and going. From the word go.

Samuel Beckett
Life, Death, Dying
Samuel Beckett (2010). “The Collected Shorter Plays”, p.328, Grove Press

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