“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
“When the rich wage war it's the poor who die.”
— Jean-Paul Sartre
“I am alone in the midst of these happy, reasonable voices. All these creatures spend their time explaining, realizing happily that they agree with each other. In Heaven’s name, why is it so important to think the same things all together.”
— Jean-Paul Sartre
“I hate victims who respect their executioners.”
— Jean-Paul Sartre
“Three o'clock is always too late or too early for anything you want to do.”
— Jean-Paul Sartre
“You know, it’s quite a job starting to love somebody. You have to have energy, generosity, blindness. There is even a moment, in the very beginning, when you have to jump across a precipice: if you think about it you don’t do it.”
— Jean-Paul Sartre
“People who live in society have learned how to see themselves in mirrors as they appear to their friends.”
— Jean-Paul Sartre