كان يحب أن يريها لوحات جميلة وأفلاماً جميلة، وأشياء جميلة، لأنه لم يكن جميلاً، وكان ذلك بمثابة الاعتذار. - Jean-Paul Sartre

I thought I saw Anny smiling. I try to refresh my memory: I need to feel all the tenderness that Anny inspires; it is there, this tenderness, it is near me, only asking to be born. But the smile does not return: it is finished. I remain dry and empty.

If existence really does precede essence, there is no explaining things away by reference to a fixed and given human nature. In other words, there is no determinism, man is free, man is freedom. On the other hand, if God does not exist, we find no values or commands to turn to which legitimize our conduct. So, in the bright realm of values, we have no excuse behind us, nor justification before us. We are alone, with no excuses.

Los objetos no deberían tocar, puesto que no viven