A madman’s ravings are absurd in relation to the situation in which he finds himself, but not in relation to his madness.
JEAN-PAUL SARTREI’d come to realize that all our troubles spring from our failure to use plain, clear-cut language.
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We must act out passion before we can feel it.
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Do you think that I count the days? 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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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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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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It is only in our decisions that we are important.
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I suppose it is out of laziness that the world is the same day after day. Today it seemed to want to change. And then anything, anything could happen.
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I said to myself, ‘I want to die decently’.
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What is important is not what happens to us, but how we respond to what happens to us.
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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 wanted my own words. But the ones I use have been dragged through I don’t know how many consciences.
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The consciousness that says ‘I am’ is not the consciousness that thinks.
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Better a good journalist than a poor assassin.
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In football everything is complicated by the presence of the opposite team.
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I confused things with their names: that is belief.
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Nothingness lies coiled in the heart of being – like a worm.
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