Quotes from book

Texts for Nothing

“Here's my life, why not, it is one, if you like, if you must, I don't say no, this evening. There has to be one, it seems, once there is speech, no need of a story, a story is not compulsory, just a life, that's the mistake I made, one of the mistakes, to have wanted a story for myself, whereas life alone is enough.”

Samuel Beckett book Texts for Nothing

Texts for Nothing (1955)

“My keepers, why keepers, I'm in no danger of stirring an inch, ah I see, it's to make me think I'm a prisoner, frantic with corporeality, rearing to get out and away.”

Samuel Beckett book Texts for Nothing

Texts for Nothing (1955)

“Tears, that could be the tone, if they weren't so easy, the true tone and tenor at last.”

Samuel Beckett book Texts for Nothing

Texts for Nothing (1955)