I think that is the big danger in keeping a diary: you exaggerate everything.
JEAN-PAUL SARTREGenius is what a man invents when he is looking for a way out.
More Jean-Paul Sartre Quotes
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Everything has been figured out, except how to live.
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Only the guy who isn’t rowing has time to rock the boat.
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She believed in nothing. Only her scepticism kept her from being an atheist.
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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 wanted my own words. But the ones I use have been dragged through I don’t know how many consciences.
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You must be like me; you must suffer in rhythm.
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It is only in our decisions that we are important.
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I said to myself, ‘I want to die decently’.
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As for me, I am mean: that means that I need the suffering of others to exist. A flame. A flame in their hearts. When I am all alone, I am extinguished.
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I found the human heart empty and insipid everywhere except in books.
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I’d come to realize that all our troubles spring from our failure to use plain, clear-cut language.
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It is therefore senseless to think of complaining since nothing foreign has decided what we feel, what we live, or what we are.
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I exist, that is all, and I find it nauseating.
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As far as men go, it is not what they are that interests me, but what they can become.
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Three o’clock is always too late or too early for anything you want to do.
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