People are like dice. We throw ourselves in the direction of our own choosing.
JEAN-PAUL SARTREI never could bear the idea of anyone’s expecting something from me. It always made me want to do the opposite.
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Do you think that I count the days? 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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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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The worst part about being lied to is knowing you weren’t worth the truth.
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Every existing thing is born without reason, prolongs itself out of weakness, and dies by chance.
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That God does not exist, I cannot deny, That my whole being cries out for God I cannot forget.
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If you’re lonely when you’re alone, you’re in bad company.
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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 confused things with their names: that is belief.
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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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Death is a continuation of my life without me.
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We are our choices.
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He is always becoming, and if it were not for the contingency of death, he would never end.
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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 have no religion, but if I were to choose one, it would be that of Shariati’s.
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If I became a philosopher, if I have so keenly sought this fame for which I’m still waiting, it’s all been to seduce women basically.
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