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Quotes from The Expelled — Samuel Beckett

1906–1989 Ireland

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9 quotes

They never lynch children, babies, no matter what they do they are whitewashed in advance.

The Expelled (1946)

They were most correct, according to their god.

The Expelled (1946)

I have always been amazed at my contemporaries’ lack of finesse, I whose soul writhed from morning to night, in the mere quest of itself.

The Expelled (1946)

Does one ever know oneself why one laughs?

The Expelled (1946)

Poor juvenile solutions, explaining nothing. No need then for caution, we may reason on to our heart’s content, the fog won’t lift.

The Expelled (1946)

Yes, I don’t know why, but I have never been disappointed, and I often was in the early days, without feeling at the same time, or a moment later, an undeniable relief.

The Expelled (1946)

I felt ill at ease with all this air about me, lost before the confusion of innumerable prospects.

The Expelled (1946)

I don’t know why I told this story. I could just as well have told another. Perhaps some other time I’ll be able to tell another. Living souls, you will see how alike they are.

The Expelled (1946)

Memories are killing. So you must not think of certain things, of those that are dear to you, or rather you must think of them, for if you don’t there is the danger of finding them, in your mind, little by little.

The Expelled (1946)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Samuel Beckett (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.