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.
JEAN-PAUL SARTREDo you think that I count the days? 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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As far as men go, it is not what they are that interests me, but what they can become.
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I’d come to realize that all our troubles spring from our failure to use plain, clear-cut language.
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You must be like me; you must suffer in rhythm.
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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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Existence is an imperfection.
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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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Only the guy who isn’t rowing has time to rock the boat.
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Death is a continuation of my life without me.
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I confused things with their names: that is belief.
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People are like dice. We throw ourselves in the direction of our own choosing.
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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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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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That God does not exist, I cannot deny, That my whole being cries out for God I cannot forget.
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Words are loaded pistols.
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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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