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Samuel Beckett Quotes about Life

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

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

Samuel Beckett
Life, Dance, Thinking

Fail, fail again, fail better.

Samuel Beckett
Inspirational, Life, Beautiful

What are we doing here, that is the question.

Samuel Beckett
Life, Waiting For Godot, Godot
Samuel Beckett (2012). “The Complete Dramatic Works of Samuel Beckett”, p.71, Faber & Faber

There's man all over for you, blaming on his boots the fault of his feet.

Samuel Beckett
Life, Hate, Men
Samuel Beckett (2012). “Waiting for Godot: A Tragicomedy in Two Acts”, p.27, Faber & Faber

Do you always believe in the life to come? Mine was always that.

Samuel Beckett
Life, Believe, Belief

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

[T]he syndrome known as life is too diffuse to admit of palliation. For every symptom that is eased, another is made worse. The horse leech's daughter is a closed system. Her quantum of wantum cannot vary.

Samuel Beckett
Life, Daughter, Horse
Samuel Beckett (2011). “Murphy”, p.36, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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