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Ha! to forget. How childish! I feel you in my bones. Your silence screams in my ears. You may nail your mouth shut, you may cut out your tongue, can you keep yourself from existing? Will you stop your thoughts.

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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Existentialist
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Literary Critic
Meteorologist
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Paris
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Jean Paul Sartre
J.P. Sartre
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Jacques Guillemin
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Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre
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Silence
Shut
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Mouth
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Tongue
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May
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Nail
Feel
Ears
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Cutting
Existing
Thoughts
Scream

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