Little flashes of sun on the surface of a cold, dark sea.
JEAN-PAUL SARTREExistence 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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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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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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Existence is prior to essence.
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To think new thoughts you have to break the bones in your head.
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I found the human heart empty and insipid everywhere except in books.
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I am not asking for sensational revelations, but I would like to sense the meaning of that minute, to feel it’s urgency.
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It is only in our decisions that we are important.
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In love, one and one are one.
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I can receive nothing more from these tragic solitudes than a little empty purity.
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We do not know what we want and yet we are responsible for what we are – that is the fact.
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Life is a useless passion.
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It is disgusting – Why must we have bodies?
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Perhaps its inevitable, perhaps one has to choose between being nothing at all and impersonating what one is.
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Only the guy who isn’t rowing has time to rock the boat.
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Freedom is what we do with what is done to us.
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