One could only damage oneself through the harm one did to others. One could never get directly at oneself.
JEAN-PAUL SARTRETo know what life is worth you have to risk it once in a while.
More Jean-Paul Sartre Quotes
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You are — your life, and nothing else.
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If you’re lonely when you’re alone, you’re in bad company.
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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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Three o’clock is always too late or too early for anything you want to do.
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I can receive nothing more from these tragic solitudes than a little empty purity.
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I exist, that is all, and I find it nauseating.
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Your judgement judges you and defines you.
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I think that is the big danger in keeping a diary: you exaggerate everything.
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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’ve dropped out of their hearts like a little sparrow fallen from its nest. So gather me up, dear, fold me to your heart – and you’ll see how nice I can be.
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I am a mere breath of air; a formless thought that thinks of you.
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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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Once you hear the details of victory, it is hard to distinguish it from a defeat.
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I wanted the moments of my life to follow and order themselves like those of a life remembered. You might as well try and catch time by the tail.
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Life is a useless passion.
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