I am myself and I am here.
JEAN-PAUL SARTREIt was odd, he thought, that a man could hate himself as though he were someone else.
More Jean-Paul Sartre Quotes
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Existence is prior to essence.
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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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I think that is the big danger in keeping a diary: you exaggerate everything.
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My eyes feel all soft, all soft as flesh. I’m going to sleep.
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Like all dreamers I confuse disenchantment with truth.
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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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Hell is – other people!
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I exist, that is all, and I find it nauseating.
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Only the guy who isn’t rowing has time to rock the boat.
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Every existing thing is born without reason, prolongs itself out of weakness, and dies by chance.
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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 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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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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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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You must be like me; you must suffer in rhythm.
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