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I write about myself with the same pencil and in the same exercise book as about him. It is no longer I, but another whose life is just beginning.

~Samuel Beckett

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Birth was the death of him.

~Samuel Beckett

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Just under the surface I shall be, all together at first, then separate and drift, through all the earth and perhaps in the end through a cliff into the sea, something of me. A ton of worms in an acre, that is a wonderful thought, a ton of worms, I believe it.

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We are not saints, but we have kept our appointment. How many people can boast as much?

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If I had the use of my body, I would throw it out the window.

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They give birth astride of a grave, the light gleams an instant, then it's night once more.

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Poets are the sense, philosophers the intelligence of humanity.

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No, I regret nothing, all I regret is having been born, dying is such a long tiresome business I always found.

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What do I know of man's destiny? I could tell you more about radishes.

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Dublin university contains the cream of Ireland: Rich and thick.

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Biography

Nationality: Irish

Type: Playwright

Born: April 13th, 1906

Died: December 22nd, 1989

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