samuel beckett--shape of content

''i am interested in the shape of ideas even if i do not believe in them. there is a wonderful sentance in augustine i wish i could remember the latin it is even finer in latin than in english. "do not despair; one of the thieves was saved do not presume; one of the thieves was damned." that sentence has a wonderful shape. it is the shape that matters.''

harold hobson; samuel beckett, dramatist of the year. international theatre annual no.i, pp.153-155.