I never could bear the idea of anyone’s expecting something from me. It always made me want to do the opposite.
JEAN-PAUL SARTRELittle flashes of sun on the surface of a cold, dark sea.
More Jean-Paul Sartre Quotes
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In love, one and one are one.
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Nothingness lies coiled in the heart of being – like a worm.
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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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I think that is the big danger in keeping a diary: you exaggerate everything.
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I confused things with their names: that is belief.
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It is only in our decisions that we are important.
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Freedom is what we do with what is done to us.
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I suppose it is out of laziness that the world is the same day after day. Today it seemed to want to change. And then anything, anything could happen.
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We must act out passion before we can feel it.
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I can receive nothing more from these tragic solitudes than a little empty purity.
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All that I know about my life, it seems, I have learned in books.
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Like all dreamers I confuse disenchantment with truth.
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Only the guy who isn’t rowing has time to rock the boat.
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There is no human nature, since there is no god to conceive it.
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Genius is what a man invents when he is looking for a way out.
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