Quote by Samuel Beckett

Make sense who may. I switch off.

Make sense who may. I switch off.

Summary

This quote suggests that understanding and comprehending things can be subjective and individualistic. The speaker seems to express their disinterest or lack of ability to make sense of something, thus deciding to switch off or disconnect mentally. It implies that not everything is worth trying to understand, and sometimes it is better to disengage rather than waste effort on something that may not make sense to us.

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Despair

By Samuel Beckett

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