I am interested in the shape of ideas even if I do not believe in them. There is a wonderful sentence in Augustine ... 'Do not despair one of the thieves was saved do not presume one of the thieves was damned.' That sentence had a wonderful shape. It is the shape that matters.
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To find a form that accommodates the mess, that is the task of the artist now.Samuel Beckett
It is right that he too should have his little chronicle, his memories, his reason, and be able to recognize the good in the bad, the bad in the worst, and so grow gently old down all the unchanging days, and die one day like any other day, only shorter.
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Nothing happens, nobody comes, nobody goes, it's awful.
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They give birth astride of a grave, the light gleams an instant, then it's night once more.
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What do I know of man's destiny? I could tell you more about radishes.
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No, I regret nothing, all I regret is having been born, dying is such a long tiresome business I always found.
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