“How good would it be if one could die by throwing oneself into an infinite void.”
― On the Heights of Despair
― On the Heights of Despair
“For animals, life is all there is; for man, life is a question mark. An irreversible question mark, for man has never found, nor will ever find, any answers. Life not only has no meaning; it can never have one.”
― On the Heights of Despair
― On the Heights of Despair
“He thought of hanging himself, to pass the time.”
― The Human Script
― The Human Script
“It is a matter of living in that state of the absurd I know on what it is founded, this mind and this world straining against each other without being able to embrace each other. I ask for the rule— of life of that state, and what I am offered neglects its basis,
negates one of the terms of the painful opposition, demands of me a resignation. I ask what is involved in the condition I recognize as mine; I know it implies obscurity and ignorance; and I am assured that this ignorance explains everything and that this darkness is my
light.”
― The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
negates one of the terms of the painful opposition, demands of me a resignation. I ask what is involved in the condition I recognize as mine; I know it implies obscurity and ignorance; and I am assured that this ignorance explains everything and that this darkness is my
light.”
― The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
“The punchline of the story relates to an American academic saying of Beckett, 'He doesn't give a fuck about people. He's an artist.' At this point Beckett raised his voice above the clatter of afternoon tea and shouted, 'But I do give a fuck about people! I do give a fuck!”
― Beckett Remembering/Remembering Beckett: A Centenary Celebration
― Beckett Remembering/Remembering Beckett: A Centenary Celebration
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