Samuel beckett biography waiting for godot quotes

“Astride of a grave and a difficult birth.
Down in the hole, lingeringly, the grave digger puts on the forceps.
We have time to grow old.
The air is full of our cries.
But habit is a great deadener.
At me too someone is looking, of me too someone is saying, He is sleeping, he knows nothing.
Let him sleep on.”
― Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot

“Vladimir: That passed the time.
Estragon: It would have passed in any case.
Vladimir: Yes, but not so rapidly.”
― Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot

“Let us not waste our time in idle discourse!

Let us do something, while we have the chance!

Samuel beckett biography waiting for godot quotes

It is not every day that we are needed….To all mankind they were addressed, those cries for help still ringing in our ears! But at this place, at this moment of time, all mankind is us, whether we like it or not. Let us make the most of it, before it is too late!”
― Samuel Beckett, Waiting for