That’s what existence means: draining one’s own self dry without the sense of thirst.
JEAN-PAUL SARTRELife begins on the other side of despair.
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Better to die on one’s feet than to live on one’s knees.
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I am myself and I am here.
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What is there to fear in such a regular world?
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There is only one day left, always starting over: It is given to us at dawn and taken away from us at dusk.
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You’re lucky. I’m always conscious of myself —in my mind. Painfully conscious.
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You are — your life, and nothing else.
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Life is a useless passion.
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Death is a continuation of my life without me.
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We only become what we are by the radical and deep-seated refusal of that which others have made of us.
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I am a mere breath of air; a formless thought that thinks of you.
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I am not asking for sensational revelations, but I would like to sense the meaning of that minute, to feel it’s urgency.
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I wanted my own words. But the ones I use have been dragged through I don’t know how many consciences.
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We must act out passion before we can feel it.
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Life has no meaning a priori, It is up to you to give it a meaning, and value is nothing but the meaning that you choose.
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I am going to outlive myself. Eat, sleep, sleep, eat. Exist slowly, softly, like these trees, like a puddle of water, like the red bench in the streetcar.
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