I asked her to look at me and after a few moments - (pause) - after a few moments she did, but the eyes just slits, because of the glare I bent over her to get them in the shadow and they opened. (Pause. Low) Let me in.
Samuel BeckettRead
Yes, 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.
Interpretation
This quote reflects on the absurdity of existence and isolation in life.
In this quote, Samuel Beckett grapples with themes of existence and reality, suggesting that true isolation comes from a disconnection with others. It highlights a struggle to find meaning and connection in a world where one feels separate, expressing a desire to escape to a deeper understanding or oblivion amidst the chaos of life.
In practice
This quote could be used in a philosophical discussion on the nature of existence.
I asked her to look at me and after a few moments - (pause) - after a few moments she did, but the eyes just slits, because of the glare I bent over her to get them in the shadow and they opened. (Pause. Low) Let me in.
Nothing happens. Nobody comes, nobody goes. It's awful.
I shall state silences more competently than ever a better man spangled the butterflies of vertigo.
And what I have, what I am, is enough, was always enough for me, and as far as my dear little sweet little future is concerned I have no qualms, I have a good time coming.
I love order. It's my dream. A world where all would be silent and still, and each thing in its last place, under the last dust.
We lose our hair, our teeth! Our bloom, our ideals.
Every good mathematician is at least half a philosopher, and every good philosopher is at least half a mathematician.
The view of Jerusalem is the history of the world; it is more, it is the history of earth and of heaven.
There are no conditions to which a man cannot get accustomed, especially if he sees that everyone around him lives in the same way.
Every woman knows that, regardless of all her other achievements, she is a failure if she is not beautiful.
Buddha means awareness, the awareness of body and mind that prevents evil from arising in either.
He thought that I was after him for a feather--- The white one in his tail: like one who takes everything said as personal to himself.
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