For an occurrence to become an adventure, it is necessary and sufficient for one to recount it.
JEAN-PAUL SARTRELittle flashes of sun on the surface of a cold, dark sea.
More Jean-Paul Sartre Quotes
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Man is not the sum of what he has already, but rather the sum of what he does not yet have, of what he could have.
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What is there to fear in such a regular world?
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It is only in our decisions that we are important.
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I think of death only with tranquility, as an end. I refuse to let death hamper life. Death must enter life only to define it.
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To know what life is worth you have to risk it once in a while.
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Death is a continuation of my life without me.
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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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What is important is not what happens to us, but how we respond to what happens to us.
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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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I found the human heart empty and insipid everywhere except in books.
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The consciousness that says ‘I am’ is not the consciousness that thinks.
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Genius is what a man invents when he is looking for a way out.
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I am myself and I am here.
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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 lies coiled in the heart of being – like a worm.
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