My thought is me: that's why I can't stop. I exist because … - Jean-Paul Sartre

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My thought is me: that's why I can't stop. I exist because I think ... and I can't prevent myself from thinking.

Jean-Paul Sartre

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About Jean-Paul Sartre

Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre (21 June 1905 – 15 April 1980), normally known simply as Jean-Paul Sartre, was a French existentialist philosopher, dramatist and screenwriter, novelist, and critic. He had an enduring personal relationship with fellow philosopher Simone de Beauvoir.

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Pen Names: Jacques Guillemin

Alternative Names: Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre • Jean Paul Sartre • J.P. Sartre • J.-P. Sartre • Sartre

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I have no taste for work any longer, I can do nothing more except wait for night.
530: Things are bad! Things are very bad: I have it, the filth, the Nausea.

Houses were never sanctuaries. The Gestapo often conducted their arrests between midnight and five in the morning. It appeared that at any instant the door could open, allowing a cold breath of night air to blow in, and three friendly Germans with revolvers.

Il n'y a de réalité que dans l'action.

(There is no reality except in action.)

My thought is me: that's why I can't stop. I exist because I think ... and I can't prevent myself from thinking. - Jean-Paul Sartre

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