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Estragon: What about hanging ourselves? Vladimir: Hmm. It'd give us an erection.

Estragon: What about hanging ourselves? Vladimir: Hmm. It'd give us an erection.

Samuel Beckett
Giving, Hmm
Samuel Beckett (2011). “Waiting for Godot: A Tragicomedy in Two Acts”, p.16, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

Estragon: We always find something, eh Didi, to give us the impression we exist? Vladimir: Yes, yes, we're magicians.

Samuel Beckett
Giving, Waiting For Godot, Impression
Waiting for Godot act 2 (1952)

What a joy to know where one is, and where one will stay, without being there. Nothing to do but stretch out comfortably on the rack, in the blissful knowledge you are nobody for all eternity. A pity I should have to give tongue at the same time, it prevents it from bleeding in peace, licking the lips.

Samuel Beckett
Should Have, Giving, Joy
Samuel Beckett (2009). “Three Novels: Molloy, Malone Dies, The Unnamable”, p.332, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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