I am a mere breath of air; a formless thought that thinks of you.
JEAN-PAUL SARTREEvery existing thing is born without reason, prolongs itself out of weakness, and dies by chance.
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A man is involved in life, leaves his impress on it, and outside of that there is nothing.
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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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He is always becoming, and if it were not for the contingency of death, he would never end.
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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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One could only damage oneself through the harm one did to others. One could never get directly at oneself.
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Once you hear the details of victory, it is hard to distinguish it from a defeat.
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As for me, I am mean: that means that I need the suffering of others to exist. A flame. A flame in their hearts. When I am all alone, I am extinguished.
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I want to leave, to go somewhere where I should be really in my place, where I would fit in, but my place is nowhere; I am unwanted.
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Man is not the sum of what he has already, but rather the sum of what he does not yet have, of what he could have.
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Every word has consequences. Every silence, too.
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Your judgement judges you and defines you.
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You are — your life, and nothing else.
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The worst part about being lied to is knowing you weren’t worth the truth.
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It is disgusting – Why must we have bodies?
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You must be like me; you must suffer in rhythm.
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