When the object is perceived as particular and unique and not merely the member of a family, when it appears independent of any general notion and detached from the sanity of a cause, isolated and inexplicable in the light of ignorance, then and only then may it be a source of enchantment.

It was long since I had longed for anything and the effect on me was horrible.

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

I knew it would soon be the end, so I played the part, you know, the part of — how shall I say, I don’t know.

Nothing is funnier than unhappiness, I grant you that. Yes, yes, it's the most comical thing in the world.

Don't touch me! Don't question me! Don't speak to me! Stay with me!

Vladimir: Did I ever leave you? Estragon: You let me go.