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 SARTREFear? If I have gained anything by damning myself, it is that I no longer have anything to fear.
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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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I am a mere breath of air; a formless thought that thinks of you.
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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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Little flashes of sun on the surface of a cold, dark sea.
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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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It is disgusting – Why must we have bodies?
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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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Tme is too large, it can’t be filled up. Everything you plunge into it is stretched and disintegrates.
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There may be more beautiful times, but this one is ours.
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Once you hear the details of victory, it is hard to distinguish it from a defeat.
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Smooth and smiling faces everywhere, but ruin in their eyes.
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We do not know what we want and yet we are responsible for what we are – that is the fact.
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I want to leave, to go somewhere where I should be really in my place, where I would fit in, but my place is nowhere; I am unwanted.
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Existence is prior to essence.
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