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.
JEAN-PAUL SARTREThe more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.
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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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Freedom is what we do with what is done to us.
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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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It’s strange. I felt less lonely when I didn’t know you.
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It is only in our decisions that we are important.
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Man is nothing else but what he makes of himself.
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I can receive nothing more from these tragic solitudes than a little empty purity.
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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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The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.
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I am myself and I am here.
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It is disgusting – Why must we have bodies?
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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 may be more beautiful times, but this one is ours.
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Only the guy who isn’t rowing has time to rock the boat.
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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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