Nothingness lies coiled in the heart of being – like a worm.
JEAN-PAUL SARTREBeing is. Being is in-itself. Being is what it is.
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Hell is – other people!
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I found the human heart empty and insipid everywhere except in books.
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Death is a continuation of my life without me.
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Every existing thing is born without reason, prolongs itself out of weakness, and dies by chance.
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It is only in our decisions that we are important.
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I had found my religion: nothing seemed more important to me than a book. I saw the library as a temple.
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Existence is prior to essence.
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I suppose it is out of laziness that the world is the same day after day. Today it seemed to want to change. And then anything, anything could happen.
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In football everything is complicated by the presence of the opposite team.
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People who live in society have learnt how to see themselves, in mirrors, as they appear to their friends. I have no friends: is that why my flesh is so naked?
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Fear? If I have gained anything by damning myself, it is that I no longer have anything to fear.
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I’ve dropped out of their hearts like a little sparrow fallen from its nest. So gather me up, dear, fold me to your heart – and you’ll see how nice I can be.
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There is a universe behind and before him. And the day is approaching when closing the last book on the last shelf on the far left; he will say to himself, “now what?
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All men are Prophets or else God does not exist.
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The consciousness that says ‘I am’ is not the consciousness that thinks.
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