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Memories are killing. So you must not think of certain things, of those that are dear to you, or rather you must think of them, for if you don’t there is the danger of finding them, in your mind, little by little.

Memories are killing. So you must not think of certain things, of those that are dear to you, or rather you must think of them, for if you don’t there is the danger of finding them, in your mind, little by little.

Approximate author period: c. 1947 AD · modern

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Samuel Beckett
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Approximate author period: c. 1947 AD · modern
Approximate author-period anchor from life dates 1906 to 1989; Wikidata Q37327, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q37327 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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