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“If this myth is tragic, that is because its hero is conscious. Where would his torture be, indeed, if at every step the hope of succeeding upheld him? The workman of today works every day in his life at the same tasks, and this fate is no less absurd. But it is tragic only at the rare moments when it becomes conscious. Sisyphus, proletarian of the gods, powerless and rebellious, knows the whole extent of his wretched condition: it is what he thinks of during his descent. The lucidity that was to constitute his torture at the same time crowns his victory. There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.”
― The Myth of Sisyphus
― The Myth of Sisyphus

“I wanted to be missed, like water, like bread, like air, by all other people in all other places.”
― The Words: The Autobiography of Jean-Paul Sartre
― The Words: The Autobiography of Jean-Paul Sartre

“醿┽儠醿斸儨 醿┽儠醿斸儯醿氠償醿戓儬醿樶儠 醿愥儧醿戓償醿戓儭 醿愥儲醿曖儸醿斸儬醿�, 醿涐儛醿掅儬醿愥儧 醿┽儠醿斸儯醿氠償醿戓儬醿樶儠醿� 醿愥儧醿戓儛醿曖儤 醿愥儬醿愥儵醿曖償醿a儦醿斸儜醿犪儤醿曖儤 醿儞醿斸儜醿�, 醿犪儩醿儛 醿樶儝醿� 醿愥儬醿愥儵醿曖償醿a儦醿斸儜醿犪儤醿曖儤 醿涐儤醿栣償醿栣償醿戓儤醿椺儛醿� 醿掅儛醿涐儩醿儠醿斸儯醿氠儤.”
― The Magic Mountain
― The Magic Mountain

“From now on, it can be said that plague was the concern of all of us.”
― The Plague
― The Plague

“I am more uncertain than I ever was; I feel only the power of life. And I am senselessly empty.”
― Diaries, 1910-1923
― Diaries, 1910-1923

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