That God does not exist, I cannot deny, That my whole being cries out for God I cannot forget.
JEAN-PAUL SARTREExistence is prior to essence.
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Existence is an imperfection.
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I said to myself, ‘I want to die decently’.
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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 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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To know what life is worth you have to risk it once in a while.
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It was odd, he thought, that a man could hate himself as though he were someone else.
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People who live in society have learnt how to see themselves, in mirrors, as they appear to their friends. I have no friends: is that why my flesh is so naked?
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Only the guy who isn’t rowing has time to rock the boat.
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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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You are — your life, and nothing else.
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I can receive nothing more from these tragic solitudes than a little empty purity.
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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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There may be more beautiful times, but this one is ours.
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It is only in our decisions that we are important.
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Genius is what a man invents when he is looking for a way out.
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