"So this is hell. I'd never have believed it. You remember all we were told about the torture-chambers, the fire and brimstone, the "burning marl." O… - Jean-Paul Sartre

"So this is hell. I'd never have believed it. You remember all we were told about the torture-chambers, the fire and brimstone, the "burning marl." Old wives' tales! There's no need for red-hot pokers. Hell is — other people!"

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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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Alternative Names: Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre Jean Paul Sartre J.P. Sartre J.-P. Sartre Sartre Jacques Guillemin
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So that is what hell is. I would never have believed it. You remember: the fire and brimstone, the torture. Ah! the farce. There is no need for torture: hell is other people.

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Hell is other people.

There's no need for red-hot pokers. Hell is — other people!

Additional quotes by Jean-Paul Sartre

Три часът. В три винаги е твърде късно или твърде рано за всичко, което ти се ще да сториш. Особен момент от следобеда. А днес е непоносим.

Anyhow, it is a definite colour: I am glad I have red hair. There is it is in the mirror, it makes itself seen, it shines. I am still lucky if my forehead was surmounted by one of those neutral heads of hair which are neither chestnut not blond, my face would be lost in vagueness, it would make me dizzy.

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aramızda ancak bir beğeni ayrımı olsaydı tedirgin etmeyecektim sizi. ama her şey sizin yeteneğiniz varmış da benim yokmuş gibisine akıp gidiyor. amerikanvari hazırlanmış ıstakozu sevip sevmemekte özgürüm, ama insanları sevmiyorsam bir zavallıyım ve günışığında bana yer yok. onlar hayatın anlamını kendi tekellerine aldılar. umarım ki
söylemek istediğimi anlıyorsunuz. üstünde: insancıl olmayan buraya giremez yazılı kapıları otuz üç yıldır zorluyorum işte. giriştiğim her şeyi bırakmak zorunda kaldım. seçmek gerekiyordu: ya uyumsuz ve mahkûm edilmiş bir girişimi, ya da er-geç onların çıkarına yönelmesi gereken bir girişimi.

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