Introspection Is Always Retrospection

Thrown Into The Atmosphere Of Action [in 1954], I Suddenly Understood The Kind Of Neurosis That Dominated All My Previous Work. I Had Not Been Able To Recognize It Before: I Was Inside. Simone De Beauvoir Had Guessed These Reasons Before I Did.

Existence Precedes And Rules Essence.

All Human Actions Are Equivalent... And All Are On Principle Doomed To Failure.

Sometimes The Truth Is Too Simple For Intellectuals.

What Is Life But An Unpleasant Interruption To A Peaceful Nonexistence.