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> # The short winter's day was drawing to a close. It seems to me sometimes that these are the only days I have ever known, and especially that most charming moment of all, just before night wipes them out.

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## About this quote

What does it mean?Short days and the moments before night feel like the only true experiences.In plain termsOnly evening moments feel real.What can you take from it?Cherish fleeting moments of calm.

### Where it applies

- winter evenings
- end of day

### Putting it to work

- notice twilight hours

### Questions to consider

- When do you feel most alive?

### Another view

Others may find meaning elsewhere.

## More from Samuel Beckett

1. > Does one ever know oneself why one laughs?

[Permalink to quote \#20](https://quotesby.net/Samuel-Beckett/20/ "Permalink to quote 20")
2. > I don't know why I told this story. I could just as well have told another. Perhaps some other time I'll be able to tell another. Living souls, you will see ho…

[Permalink to quote \#22](https://quotesby.net/Samuel-Beckett/22/ "Permalink to quote 22")
3. > Poor juvenile solutions, explaining nothing. No need then for caution, we may reason on to our heart's content, the fog won't lift.

[Permalink to quote \#19](https://quotesby.net/Samuel-Beckett/19/ "Permalink to quote 19")

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