"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."

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Source : Samuel Beckett (2007). “Molloy”, p.183, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

#Able Quotes #Dread Quotes

“Chess can be described as the movement of pieces eating one another.”
“There appears to be a disturbing trend in this nation to try to force single moms to choose between their children and their careers. If they take their careers seriously, they are labeled as bad mothers. If they spend time with their children, they are labeled as people who can't be serious about careers outside the home. This is a sexist double standard. No such guilt trip is imposed on men, who are generally not forced to choose between their children and their jobs.”
“... but one loves, and when one is on the brink of death, one turns around to look backward, and one says to oneself: "I have often suffered, I have sometimes been wrong, but I have loved.”
“There's only one requirement of any of us, and that is to be courageous. Because courage, as you might know, defines all other human behavior. And, I believe - because I've done a little of this myself - pretending to be courageous is just as good as the real thing.”
“Actors are as anxious about the state of audiences as aviators are over weather conditions.”
“My father's body lies in a stone tomb high on a hill. People walk by, pause, think their own thoughts about him and move on, back to their own lives. I can never move on. He is everywhere.”
“Pilate's skeptical sneer "What is truth?" was addressed to Truth Himself, standing there right in front of his face. The world's stupidest question was three words; God's profoundest answer was one Word.”
“Love this in the film, â€œVelvet Goldmineâ€ it captures the excitement and the thrill at the moment of discovery!”

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