Nothing matters but the writing. There has been nothing else worthwhile... a stain upon the silence.
Samuel BeckettSilence and darkness were all I craved. Well, I get a certain amount of both. They being one.
Samuel BeckettHow can one better magnify the Almighty than by sniggering with him at his little jokes, particularly the poorer ones?
Samuel BeckettYes, there is no denying it, any longer, it is not you who are dead, but all the others. So you get up and go to your mother, who thinks she is alive. That's my impression. But now I shall have to get myself out of this ditch. How joyfully I would vanish here, sinking deeper and deeper under the rains.
Samuel Beckett