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An individual chooses and makes himself.


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If you are lonely when you're alone, you are in bad company.

If you are lonely when you're alone, you are in bad company.



Man is nothing else but what he purposes, he exists only in so far as he realizes himself, he is therefore nothing else but the sum of his actions, nothing else but what his life is.

Man is nothing else but what he purposes, he exists only in so far as he realizes himself, he is therefore nothing else but the sum of his actions, nothing else but what his life is.



Every word has consequences. Every silence, too.

Every word has consequences. Every silence, too.




Before you come alive, life is nothing; it 's up to you to give it a meaning, and value is nothing else but the meaning that you choose.

Before you come alive, life is nothing; it 's up to you to give it a meaning, and value is nothing else but the meaning that you choose.



Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does.

Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does.



We only become what we are by the radical and deep-seated refusal of that which others have made of us.

We only become what we are by the radical and deep-seated refusal of that which others have made of us.



What is life but an unpleasant interruption to a peaceful nonexistence.

What is life but an unpleasant interruption to a peaceful nonexistence.



I'm going to smile, and my smile will sink down into your pupils, and heaven knows what it will become.

I'm going to smile, and my smile will sink down into your pupils, and heaven knows what it will become.



Man is nothing else but what he makes of himself. [It is a matter of choice, not chance.] Such is the first principle of existentialism.

Man is nothing else but what he makes of himself. [It is a matter of choice, not chance.] Such is the first principle of existentialism.





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Her albino hair illuminated my dreams, shining brighter than moonlight.

Her albino hair illuminated my dreams, shining brighter than moonlight.



After a while, the characters I'm writing begin to feel real to me. That's when I know I'm heading in the right direction

After a while, the characters I'm writing begin to feel real to me. That's when I know I'm heading in the right direction



When I look around today, the biggest anachronism I see is pregnancy. I just can't believe that people are still pregnant.

When I look around today, the biggest anachronism I see is pregnancy. I just can't believe that people are still pregnant.



Vanity, indeed, is the very antidote to conceit; for while the former makes us all nerve to the opinion of others, the latter is perfectly satisfied with its opinion of itself.

Vanity, indeed, is the very antidote to conceit; for while the former makes us all nerve to the opinion of others, the latter is perfectly satisfied with its opinion of itself.



Man can no more leave God out of his philosophies than he can live without his heart or see without his eyes.

Man can no more leave God out of his philosophies than he can live without his heart or see without his eyes.



An anarchist does not want to rule others and does not want others to rule him. Nothing is so despicable as half-an-anarchist.

An anarchist does not want to rule others and does not want others to rule him. Nothing is so despicable as half-an-anarchist.



In an age when man has forgotten his origins and is blind even to his most essential needs for survival, water along with other resources has become the victim of his indifference.

In an age when man has forgotten his origins and is blind even to his most essential needs for survival, water along with other resources has become the victim of his indifference.



Now I can go back to being ruthless again.

Now I can go back to being ruthless again.



Who hasn't danced in their underwear?

Who hasn't danced in their underwear?




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