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One always dies too soon – or too late. And yet one’s whole life is complete at that moment, with a line drawn neatly under it, ready for the summing up. You are — your life, and nothing else.

Jean-Paul Sartre

That’s what existence means: draining one’s own self dry without the sense of thirst.
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Existence Oneself Philosophy
Once you hear the details of victory, it is hard to distinguish it from a defeat.
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Defeat Victory Yourself
Like all dreamers I confuse disenchantment with truth.
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Dream Myself Truth
You are — your life, and nothing else.
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Life Philosophy Yourself
Perhaps its inevitable, perhaps one has to choose between being nothing at all and impersonating what one is.
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Choice Oneself Philosophy
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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Myself Oneself Word
Freedom is what we do with what is done to us.
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Deep Freedom
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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Eat Existence Live Myself Tree
Your judgement judges you and defines you.
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Character Judgement Yourself
What is there to fear in such a regular world?
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Fear World
Words are loaded pistols.
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Weapon Word
It was odd, he thought, that a man could hate himself as though he were someone else.
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Hate Himself Man Self Love Thinking
In football everything is complicated by the presence of the opposite team.
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Presence Sport Team
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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Heart Myself
People are like dice. We throw ourselves in the direction of our own choosing.
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Choice Direction Ourselves People
Life begins on the other side of despair.
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Beginning Life

One always dies too soon – or too late. And yet one’s whole life is complete at that moment, with a line drawn neatly under it, ready for the summing up. You are — your life, and nothing else.

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One always dies too soon – or too late. And yet one’s whole life is complete at that moment, with a line drawn neatly under it, ready for the summing up. You are — your life, and nothing else.

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