It is therefore senseless to think of complaining since nothing foreign has decided what we feel, what we live, or what we are.
JEAN-PAUL SARTREThat God does not exist, I cannot deny, That my whole being cries out for God I cannot forget.
More Jean-Paul Sartre Quotes
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As far as men go, it is not what they are that interests me, but what they can become.
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I never could bear the idea of anyone’s expecting something from me. It always made me want to do the opposite.
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Life begins on the other side of despair.
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I am going to outlive myself. Eat, sleep, sleep, eat. Exist slowly, softly, like these trees, like a puddle of water, like the red bench in the streetcar.
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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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Better a good journalist than a poor assassin.
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I found the human heart empty and insipid everywhere except in books.
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Nothing happens while you live. The scenery changes, people come in and go out, that’s all. There are no beginnings. Days are tacked on to days without rhyme or reason, an interminable, monotonous addition.
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I had found my religion: nothing seemed more important to me than a book. I saw the library as a temple.
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People are like dice. We throw ourselves in the direction of our own choosing.
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You must be like me; you must suffer in rhythm.
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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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I 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.
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It is only in our decisions that we are important.
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Genius is what a man invents when he is looking for a way out.
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