The loss of my sight was a great fillip. If I could go deaf and dumb I think I might pant on to be a hundred.
Samuel BeckettI asked her to look at me and after a few moments - (pause) - after a few moments she did, but the eyes just slits, because of the glare I bent over her to get them in the shadow and they opened. (Pause. Low) Let me in.
Samuel Beckett