Samuel Beckett Quotes About Godot
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Estragon: I can't go on like this. Vladimir: That's what you think.
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To every man his little cross. Till he dies. And is forgotten.
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Estragon: We always find something, eh Didi, to give us the impression we exist? Vladimir: Yes, yes, we're magicians.
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To-morrow, when I wake, or think I do, what shall I say of to-day?
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All mankind is us, whether we like it or not.
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But at this place, at this moment of time, all mankind is us, whether we like it or not. Let us make the most of it, before it is too late!
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If by Godot I had meant God I would have said God, and not Godot.
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We wait. We are bored. (He throws up his hand.) No, don't protest, we are bored to death, there's no denying it. Good. A diversion comes along and what do we do? We let it go to waste. Come, let's get to work! (He advances towards the heap, stops in his stride.) In an instant all will vanish and we'll be alone more, in the midst of nothingness!
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Let us do something, while we have the chance! ... Let us make the most of it, before it is too late! Let us represent worthily for one the foul brood to which a cruel fate consigned us!
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What are we doing here, that is the question. And we are blessed in this, that we happen to know the answer. Yes, in the immense confusion one thing alone is clear. We are waiting for Godot to come
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The tears of the world are a constant quantity. For each one who begins to weep, somewhere else another stops. The same is true of the laugh.
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We all are born mad. Some remain so.
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There's man all over for you, blaming on his boots the fault of his feet.
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The tears of the world are a constant quantity. For each one who begins to weep somewhere else another stops. The same is true of the laugh. Let us not then speak ill of our generation, it is not any unhappier than its predecessors. Let us not speak well of it either. Let us not speak of it at all. It is true the population has increased.
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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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Don't touch me! Don't question me! Don't speak to me! Stay with me!
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Let's go." "We can't." "Why not?" "We're waiting for Godot.
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Have you not done tormenting me with your accursed time! It's abominable! When! When! One day, is that not enough for you, one day he went dumb, one day I went blind, one day we'll go deaf, one day we were born, one day we shall die, the same day, the same second, is that not enough for you? They give birth astride of a grave, the light gleams an instant, then it's night once more.
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Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.
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What are we doing here, that is the question.
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We have time to grow old. The air is full of our cries. But habit is a great deadener.
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Nothing happens. Nobody comes, nobody goes. It's awful.
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