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The Unnamable
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"The Unnamable" Quotes

An existential exploration of language, identity, and the limitations of communication.

Quotes

I can't go on, I'll go on.

Samuel Beckett

perseverancedetermination

Where now? Who now? When now?

Samuel Beckett

existentialismuncertainty

You must go on, I can't go on, I'll go on.

Samuel Beckett

resiliencedoubt

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

Samuel Beckett

boredomisolation

I'm in hell, and you're in hell, and we're in hell.

Samuel Beckett

despairsuffering

I'm all these words, all these strangers, this dust of words, with no ground for their settling, no sky for their dispersing.

Samuel Beckett

identitylanguage

I say a few words and I imagine... I imagine that they will serve me to fix me, to heal me of my sickness.

Samuel Beckett

illusionself-deception

One day I'll know, I'll be on the road again, I'll set out in broad daylight on the long road.

Samuel Beckett

hopejourney

To restore silence is the role of objects.

Samuel Beckett

silencetranquility

How do you manage to live, since you want to know nothing?

Samuel Beckett

ignorancecuriosity