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"But even them, my pains, I understand ill. That must come from my not being all pain and nothing else. There's the rub. Then they recede, or I, till they fill me with amaze and wonder, seen from a better planet. Not often, but I ask no more. Catch-cony life! To be nothing but pain, how that would simplify matters! Omnidolent! Impious dream."

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About Samuel Beckett

Samuel Beckett was an Irish playwright, novelist, and poet, and a major figure in twentieth-century literature and theatre. Born in 1906, he is best known for Waiting for Godot and for his contributions to modernist and absurdist writing. He died in Paris on 1989-12-22.

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