I can receive nothing more from these tragic solitudes than a little empty purity.
JEAN-PAUL SARTREYou must be like me; you must suffer in rhythm.
More Jean-Paul Sartre Quotes
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It is therefore senseless to think of complaining since nothing foreign has decided what we feel, what we live, or what we are.
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One could only damage oneself through the harm one did to others. One could never get directly at oneself.
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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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If I became a philosopher, if I have so keenly sought this fame for which I’m still waiting, it’s all been to seduce women basically.
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Your judgement judges you and defines you.
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I do not think, therefore I am a moustache.
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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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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 a mere breath of air; a formless thought that thinks of you.
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You’re lucky. I’m always conscious of myself —in my mind. Painfully conscious.
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I am myself and I am here.
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I exist, that is all, and I find it nauseating.
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What is there to fear in such a regular world?
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I’d come to realize that all our troubles spring from our failure to use plain, clear-cut language.
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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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