It's a lot to ask of one creature, it's a lot to ask, that … — Samuel Beckett

"It's a lot to ask of one creature, it's a lot to ask, that he should first behave as if he were not, then as if he were, before being admitted to that peace where he neither is, nor is not, and where the language dies that permits of such expressions."

Samuel Beckett Playwright, Novelist

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Source: Samuel Beckett (2012). “The Unnamable”, p.43, Faber & Faber

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Samuel Beckett

Playwright, Novelist

Samuel Beckett was an Irish playwright and novelist known for his influential works exploring absurdity and existentialism, particularly 'Waiting for Godot'.

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