Man is nothing else but what he makes of himself.
JEAN-PAUL SARTREExistence is prior to essence.
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Life is a useless passion.
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We only become what we are by the radical and deep-seated refusal of that which others have made of us.
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Existence is prior to essence.
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There is no human nature, since there is no god to conceive it.
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What is important is not what happens to us, but how we respond to what happens to us.
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To know what life is worth you have to risk it once in a while.
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What is there to fear in such a regular world?
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It is disgusting – Why must we have bodies?
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I found the human heart empty and insipid everywhere except in books.
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People are like dice. We throw ourselves in the direction of our own choosing.
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It’s strange. I felt less lonely when I didn’t know you.
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I can receive nothing more from these tragic solitudes than a little empty purity.
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I 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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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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She believed in nothing. Only her scepticism kept her from being an atheist.
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