Words are loaded pistols.
JEAN-PAUL SARTREFor an occurrence to become an adventure, it is necessary and sufficient for one to recount it.
More Jean-Paul Sartre Quotes
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I am a mere breath of air; a formless thought that thinks of you.
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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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Every existing thing is born without reason, prolongs itself out of weakness, and dies by chance.
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You must be like me; you must suffer in rhythm.
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Only the guy who isn’t rowing has time to rock the boat.
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I found the human heart empty and insipid everywhere except in books.
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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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Existence is not something which lets itself be thought of from a distance; it must invade you suddenly, master you, weigh heavily on your heart like a great motionless beast – or else there is nothing at all.
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To know what life is worth you have to risk it once in a while.
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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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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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The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.
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There is no human nature, since there is no god to conceive it.
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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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Like all dreamers I confuse disenchantment with truth.
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