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A madman’s ravings are absurd in relation to the situation in which he finds himself, but not in relation to his madness.

Jean-Paul Sartre

Smooth and smiling faces everywhere, but ruin in their eyes.
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Deep Eyes Ruin Smile
He is always becoming, and if it were not for the contingency of death, he would never end.
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Death End Himself
I want to leave, to go somewhere where I should be really in my place, where I would fit in, but my place is nowhere; I am unwanted.
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Leaving Myself Place Worth
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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Appearance Friendship Learning Live Naked People See
I exist. It is soft, so soft, so slow. And light: it seems as though it suspends in the air. It moves.
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Existence Light Myself
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
People are like dice. We throw ourselves in the direction of our own choosing.
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Choice Direction Ourselves People
For an occurrence to become an adventure, it is necessary and sufficient for one to recount it.
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Adventure Enough Necessary
Man is nothing else but what he makes of himself.
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Himself Life Man Material
Three o’clock is always too late or too early for anything you want to do.
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Time Yourself
There may be more beautiful times, but this one is ours.
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Beautiful Oneself Ourselves Time
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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Book Important Library Myself Religion
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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Death Life Moments Oneself Philosophy Yourself
I wanted the moments of my life to follow and order themselves like those of a life remembered. You might as well try and catch time by the tail.
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Life Moments Myself Remember
All men are Prophets or else God does not exist.
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Existence God Man
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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Morning Philosophy Start

A madman’s ravings are absurd in relation to the situation in which he finds himself, but not in relation to his madness.

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