Consciousness is a being the nature of which is to be conscious of the nothingness of its being.
JEAN-PAUL SARTREWe do not know what we want and yet we are responsible for what we are – that is the fact.
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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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She believed in nothing. Only her scepticism kept her from being an atheist.
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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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There may be more beautiful times, but this one is ours.
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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 can receive nothing more from these tragic solitudes than a little empty purity.
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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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Every word has consequences. Every silence, too.
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I am a mere breath of air; a formless thought that thinks of you.
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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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Existence is an imperfection.
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Genius is what a man invents when he is looking for a way out.
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Hell is – other people!
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Nothingness lies coiled in the heart of being – like a worm.
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