That’s what existence means: draining one’s own self dry without the sense of thirst.
JEAN-PAUL SARTREExistence is prior to essence.
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Words are loaded pistols.
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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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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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I am myself and I am here.
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Once you hear the details of victory, it is hard to distinguish it from a defeat.
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To know what life is worth you have to risk it once in a while.
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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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We only become what we are by the radical and deep-seated refusal of that which others have made of us.
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Tme is too large, it can’t be filled up. Everything you plunge into it is stretched and disintegrates.
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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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Nothingness haunts Being.
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It is disgusting – Why must we have bodies?
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We do not know what we want and yet we are responsible for what we are – that is the fact.
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The worst part about being lied to is knowing you weren’t worth the truth.
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It’s strange. I felt less lonely when I didn’t know you.
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