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They give birth astride of a grave, the light gleams an instant, then it's night once more.
Samuel Beckett
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Samuel Beckett
Age: 83 †
Born: 1906
Born: April 13
Died: 1989
Died: December 22
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I knew it would soon be the end, so I played the part, you know, the part of — how shall I say, I don’t know.
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I hope I am not too old to take it up seriously, nor too stupid about machines to qualify as a commercial pilot. I do not feel like spending the rest of my life writing books that no one will read. It is not as though I wanted to write them.
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