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The creation of the world did not take place once and for all time, but takes place every day.
Samuel Beckett
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Samuel Beckett
Age: 83 †
Born: 1906
Born: April 13
Died: 1989
Died: December 22
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In the name of Bacon will you chicken me up that egg. Shall I swallow cave-phantoms?
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It is better to adopt the simplest explanation, even if it is not simple, even if it does not explain very much. A bright light is not necessary, a taper is all one needs to live in strangeness, if it faithfully burns.
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