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in his notebook "‘What is my life but preference for the ginger biscuit?’"

What it is supposed to mean?

>> No.14507585

It means life is pointless

>> No.14507592

>>14507585
yeah, thats a pretty straightforward insight though

>> No.14507608

>>14507561
Have you ever had a ginger biscuit? They're wild.

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>>14507561
A man is characterized by his will towards certain things? He's a Schopenhauer fan, after all.

>> No.14507621

>>14507592
The truth is not complicated.

>> No.14507731

>>14507612
Schopenhauer wouldnt appreciate his penchant for sweets

>> No.14507818

>>14507561
It means he liked ginger biscuits.

>> No.14508007 [DELETED] 

>It has been reported that Beckett, when strolling the streets of Paris in the 1950s, would carry with three ginger biscuits, two in the two pockets of his greatcoat, and one he kept in his mouth, sucking on it without eating it. He would alternate between the three biscuits for the whole duration of his stroll, placing the biscuit in his left pocket in his right pocket, the one in his right pocket in his mouth, and the one in his mouth in his left pocket, and so on. "The flavour strengthened him," reported theatre director Roger Blin, who witnessed his coming and going on several five-hour walks with only the three biscuits.[5]

>> No.14508011

>>It has been reported that Beckett, when strolling the streets of Paris in the 1950s, would carry with him three ginger biscuits, two in the two pockets of his greatcoat, and one he kept in his mouth, sucking on it without eating it. He would alternate between the three biscuits for the whole duration of his stroll, placing the biscuit in his left pocket in his right pocket, the one in his right pocket in his mouth, and the one in his mouth in his left pocket, and so on. "The flavour strengthened him," reported theatre director Roger Blin, who witnessed his coming and going on several five-hour walks with only the three biscuits.[5]