"One day we were born, one day we shall die, the same day, the same second.

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I shall soon be quite dead at last in spite of all.

More Samuel Beckett quotes
"The only sin is the sin of being born
"No, I regret nothing, all I regret is having been born, dying is such a long tiresome business I always found.
"The end is in the beginning and yet you go on.
"Ah earth you old extinguisher.
"Incontinent the void. The zenith. Evening again. When not night it will be evening. Death again of deathless day. On one hand embers. On the other ash...
"And on the threshold of being no more I succeed in being another.
"They give birth astride of a grave, the light gleams an instant, then it's night once more.
"To every man his little cross. Till he dies. And is forgotten.