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it has to acknowledge its own final impossibility. This tragedy can
only be neutralized by undertaking renewed action: the writer starts
writing again because he feels that not everything has been told in his
last piece of work. In doing this, the writer holds the words of Beckett
in his mind: “Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again.
Fail better.” [31] This is also the kind of attitude which corresponds
to a democratic hope because it puts emphasis on action (it is about
‘trying’ and ‘failing’, not ‘thinking’ or ‘praying’), and it recognizes the
contingency of every action and hope.
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