We are our choices.
JEAN-PAUL SARTREOnly the guy who isn’t rowing has time to rock the boat.
More Jean-Paul Sartre Quotes
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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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You’re lucky. I’m always conscious of myself —in my mind. Painfully conscious.
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What is there to fear in such a regular world?
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As far as men go, it is not what they are that interests me, but what they can become.
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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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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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Existence is prior to essence.
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All that I know about my life, it seems, I have learned in books.
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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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There is a universe behind and before him. And the day is approaching when closing the last book on the last shelf on the far left; he will say to himself, “now what?
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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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In love, one and one are one.
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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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If you’re lonely when you’re alone, you’re in bad company.
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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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