We do not know what we want and yet we are responsible for what we are – that is the fact.
JEAN-PAUL SARTREA man is involved in life, leaves his impress on it, and outside of that there is nothing.
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Death is a continuation of my life without me.
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One always dies too soon – or too late. And yet one’s whole life is complete at that moment, with a line drawn neatly under it, ready for the summing up. You are — your life, and nothing else.
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Genius is what a man invents when he is looking for a way out.
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I exist, that is all, and I find it nauseating.
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Better to die on one’s feet than to live on one’s knees.
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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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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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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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To know what life is worth you have to risk it once in a while.
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I exist. It is soft, so soft, so slow. And light: it seems as though it suspends in the air. It moves.
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Life has no meaning a priori, It is up to you to give it a meaning, and value is nothing but the meaning that you choose.
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Life is a useless passion.
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We must act out passion before we can feel it.
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The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.
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Fear? If I have gained anything by damning myself, it is that I no longer have anything to fear.
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