All that I know about my life, it seems, I have learned in books.
JEAN-PAUL SARTREI 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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As far as men go, it is not what they are that interests me, but what they can become.
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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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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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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 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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In love, one and one are one.
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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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Nothingness lies coiled in the heart of being – like a worm.
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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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Better to die on one’s feet than to live on one’s knees.
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You must be like me; you must suffer in rhythm.
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You’re lucky. I’m always conscious of myself —in my mind. Painfully conscious.
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It is disgusting – Why must we have bodies?
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Nothingness haunts Being.
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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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