If there is one question I dread, to which I have never been able to invent a satisfactory reply, it is the question what am I doing.
Samuel BeckettI tried to groan, Help! Help! But the tone that came out was that of polite conversation.
Samuel BeckettIt's a lot to ask of one creature, it's a lot to ask, that he should first behave as if he were not, then as if he were, before being admitted to that peace where he neither is, nor is not, and where the language dies that permits of such expressions.
Samuel BeckettThe confusion is not my invention. We cannot listen to a conversation for five minutes without being aware of the confusion. It is all around us and our only chance now is to let it in. The only chance of renovation is to open our eyes and see the mess. It is not a mess you can make sense of.
Samuel Beckett