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We are our choices.

Jean-Paul Sartre

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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Philosophy Start Thinking Yourself
That’s what existence means: draining one’s own self dry without the sense of thirst.
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Existence Oneself Philosophy
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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Myself Oneself Word
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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Book Himself Philosophy Universe
Better a good journalist than a poor assassin.
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Death Goodness
People are like dice. We throw ourselves in the direction of our own choosing.
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Choice Direction Ourselves People
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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Beginning Change Live People Reason Yourself
What is there to fear in such a regular world?
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Fear World
Existence is not something which lets itself be thought of from a distance; it must invade you suddenly, master you, weigh heavily on your heart like a great motionless beast – or else there is nothing at all.
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Distance Existence Greatness Heart
Existence is prior to essence.
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Existence One Liner
It is disgusting – Why must we have bodies?
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Body Funny Philosophy
It is only in our decisions that we are important.
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Decision Important Ourselves
For an occurrence to become an adventure, it is necessary and sufficient for one to recount it.
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Adventure Enough Necessary
I said to myself, ‘I want to die decently’.
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Death Myself
Genius is what a man invents when he is looking for a way out.
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Escape Genius Himself Man
What is important is not what happens to us, but how we respond to what happens to us.
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