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.
JEAN-PAUL SARTREShe believed in nothing. Only her scepticism kept her from being an atheist.
More Jean-Paul Sartre Quotes
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Only the guy who isn’t rowing has time to rock the boat.
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We are our choices.
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There is a universe behind and before him. And the day is approaching when closing the last book on the last shelf on the far left; he will say to himself, “now what?
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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 confused things with their names: that is belief.
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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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There may be more beautiful times, but this one is ours.
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Little flashes of sun on the surface of a cold, dark sea.
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If I became a philosopher, if I have so keenly sought this fame for which I’m still waiting, it’s all been to seduce women basically.
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I am not asking for sensational revelations, but I would like to sense the meaning of that minute, to feel it’s urgency.
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I am myself and I am here.
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I can receive nothing more from these tragic solitudes than a little empty purity.
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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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Fear? If I have gained anything by damning myself, it is that I no longer have anything to fear.
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Three o’clock is always too late or too early for anything you want to do.
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