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For an occurrence to become an adventure, it is necessary and sufficient for one to recount it.
Jean-Paul Sartre
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Jean-Paul Sartre
Age: 74 †
Born: 1905
Born: January 1
Died: 1980
Died: January 1
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With despair, true optimism begins: the optimism of the man who expects nothing, who knows he has no rights and nothing coming to him, who rejoices in counting on himself alone and in acting alone for the good of all.
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[Contemporary writer] could be a kind of [Samuel] Beckett who would not be felt to be totally committed to despair.
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I am responsible for everything... except my very responsibility.
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In Les Mots I explain the origin of my madness, of my neurosis. This analysis may help the young who dream of writing.
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