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.
JEAN-PAUL SARTREYou’re lucky. I’m always conscious of myself —in my mind. Painfully conscious.
More Jean-Paul Sartre Quotes
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I am myself and I am here.
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That God does not exist, I cannot deny, That my whole being cries out for God I cannot forget.
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Death is a continuation of my life without me.
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I do not think, therefore I am a moustache.
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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’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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For an occurrence to become an adventure, it is necessary and sufficient for one to recount 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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You must be like me; you must suffer in rhythm.
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Nothingness lies coiled in the heart of being – like a worm.
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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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A madman’s ravings are absurd in relation to the situation in which he finds himself, but not in relation to his madness.
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There is no human nature, since there is no god to conceive it.
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I can receive nothing more from these tragic solitudes than a little empty purity.
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I think that is the big danger in keeping a diary: you exaggerate everything.
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