“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 more at all.” - Jean-Paul Sartre, Nausea
“I have led a toothless life, he thought. A toothless life. I have never bitten into anything. I was waiting. I was reserving myself for later on—and I have just noticed that my teeth have gone.” - Jean-Paul Sartre, The Age of Reason
“The aim of language is to communicate, to impart to others the results one has obtained. As I talk, I reveal the situation. I reveal it to myself and to others in order to change it.” - Jean-Paul Sartre https://t.co/yG4P7R2zbT
“What do we mean by saying that existence precedes essence? We mean that man first of all exists, encounters himself, surges up in the world-and defines himself afterwards.” - Jean-Paul Sartre https://t.co/GdUe7qOsqr
“My thought is me: that’s why I can’t stop. I exist because I think … and I can’t stop myself from thinking. At this very moment, it’s frightful, if I exist, it is because I am horrified at existing. I am the one who pulls myself from the...” https://t.co/c59i1Vf6Q7