Samuel Beckett - Waiting for Godot (1952)

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The tears of the world are a constant quality. For each one who begins to weep, somewhere else another stops. The same is true of the laugh.

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There's man all over for you, blaming on his boots the faults of his feet.

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What are we doing here, that is the question. And we are blessed in this, that we happen to know the answer. Yes, in the immense confusion one thing alone is clear. We are waiting for Godot to come

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Clear to me at last that the dark I have always struggled to keep under is in reality my most

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Let us not then speak ill of our generation, it is not any unhappier than its predecessors. (Pause.) Let us not speak well of it either. (Pause.) Let us not speak of it at all.

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Estragon: Charming spot. Inspiring prospects. Let's go.
Vladimir: We can't.
Estragon: Why not?
Vladimir: We're waiting for Godot.

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The blind have no notion of time. The things of time are hidden from them too.

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We are not saints, but we have kept our appointment. How many people can boast as much?

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Don't touch me! Don't question me! Don't speak to me! Stay with me!

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We wait. We are bored. (He throws up his hand.) No, don't protest, we are bored to death, there's no denying it. Good. A diversion comes along and what do we do? We let it go to waste. Come, let's get to work! (He advances towards the heap, stops in his stride.) In an instant all will vanish and we'll be alone more, in the midst of nothingness!

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Estragon: What about hanging ourselves?
Vladimir: Hmm. It'd give us an erection.

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Estragon: I can't go on like this.
Vladimir: That's what you think.

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Vladimir: That passed the time.
Estragon: It would have passed in any case.
Vladimir: Yes, but not so rapidly.

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The air is full of our cries. (He listens) But habit is a great deadener.

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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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Nothing happens, nobody comes, nobody goes, it's awful!

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Pozzo: I am blind. (Silence.)
Estragon: Perhaps he can see into the future.

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That's how it is on this bitch of an earth.

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One of the thieves was saved. (Pause) It's a reasonable percentage.

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We always find something, eh Didi, to give us the impression we exist?

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The tears stream down my cheeks from my unblinking eyes. What makes me weep so? From time to time. There is nothing saddening here. Perhaps it is liquefied brain.

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Vladimir: I don't understand. Estragon: Use your intelligence, can't you? Vladimir uses his intelligence. Vladimir: (finally) I remain in the dark.

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