Quotes by Bernard Beckett

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Writer · New Zealand · 1967

New Zealand writer (born 1967)

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“Sometimes, even the very best course of action fails.”
— Bernard Beckett
ideas intentions

“What about an amnesiac, who awakes having lost his memories and must learn of his past from scratch? Has he died? How can we be just memories? How does that leave us with enough?”
— Bernard Beckett
pickle thought-provoking