Better to die on one’s feet than to live on one’s knees.
JEAN-PAUL SARTRENothing 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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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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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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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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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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That God does not exist, I cannot deny, That my whole being cries out for God I cannot forget.
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We must act out passion before we can feel it.
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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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Life is a useless passion.
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Existence is an imperfection.
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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 am a mere breath of air; a formless thought that thinks of you.
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We are our choices.
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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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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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Smooth and smiling faces everywhere, but ruin in their eyes.
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