Perhaps its inevitable, perhaps one has to choose between being nothing at all and impersonating what one is.
JEAN-PAUL SARTREI 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.
More Jean-Paul Sartre Quotes
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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 said to myself, ‘I want to die decently’.
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Life has no meaning a priori, It is up to you to give it a meaning, and value is nothing but the meaning that you choose.
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My eyes feel all soft, all soft as flesh. I’m going to sleep.
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Genius is what a man invents when he is looking for a way out.
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Words are loaded pistols.
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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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People who live in society have learnt how to see themselves, in mirrors, as they appear to their friends. I have no friends: is that why my flesh is so naked?
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I exist, that is all, and I find it nauseating.
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The worst part about being lied to is knowing you weren’t worth the truth.
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I am a mere breath of air; a formless thought that thinks of you.
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Nothingness haunts Being.
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You are — your life, and nothing else.
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I am myself and I am here.
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