Happy birthday, Samuel Beckett! Here are some quotes from his writing.
“Words are the clothes thoughts wear.”
“To restore silence is the role of objects.”
“We are all born mad. Some remain so.”
“Dear incomprehension, it’s thanks to you I’ll be myself, in the end.”
“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.”
“There’s man all over for you, blaming on his boots the fault of his feet.”
“Any fool can turn a blind eye but who knows what the ostrich sees in the sand.”
John Madera is the author of Nervosities (Anti-Oedipus Press, 2024). His other fiction is published in Conjunctions, Salt Hill, The &Now Awards 2: The Best Innovative Writing, and many other journals. His nonfiction is published in American Book Review, Bookforum, The Review of Contemporary Fiction, Rain Taxi: Review of Books, The Believer, The Brooklyn Rail, and many other venues. Recipient of an M.F.A. in Literary Arts from Brown University, New York State Council on the Arts awardee John Madera lives in New York City, Rhizomatic and manages and edits Big Other.
