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The form [of literature] matters little to me, classical or not.

The form [of literature] matters little to me, classical or not.

Jean-Paul Sartre

Littles, Matter, Literature

Lord, you have cursed Cain and Cain’s children: thy will be done. You have allowed men’s hearts to be corrupted, that their intentions be rotten, that their actions putrefy and stink: thy will be done.

Jean-Paul Sartre

Children, Heart, Men

"The Devil and the Good Lord". Book by Jean-Paul Sartre, act 1, 1951.

I should wish [Alain Robbe-Grillet] to realize that Guinea exists.

Jean-Paul Sartre

Wish, Realizing, Guinea

Little flashes of sun on the surface of a cold, dark sea.

Jean-Paul Sartre

Dark, Sea, Sun

Jean-Paul Sartre (2007). “Nausea”, p.153, New Directions Publishing

I don't know. Everything. Living. Smoking.

Jean-Paul Sartre

Smoking, Knows

Simone de Beauvoir, Jean-Paul Sartre (1984). “Adieux: a farewell to Sartre”, Pantheon

At that time [1954], as a result of political events, I was deeply preoccupied by my relations with the Communist Party.

Jean-Paul Sartre

Party, Political, Events

I receive letters from workers, from secretaries. . . . They are the most interesting ones.

Jean-Paul Sartre

Interesting, Letters, Workers

The recent experiences of pocketbooks prove this. I have changed my public since my works have been published in a smaller format.

Jean-Paul Sartre

Changed, Prove, Format

Besides one should not believe that the people only want reading that is easy to absorb.

Jean-Paul Sartre

Reading, Believe, People

I say a murder is abstract. You pull the trigger and after that you do not understand anything that happens.

Jean-Paul Sartre

Philosophical, Murder, Abstract

"Dirty Hands". Play by Jean-Paul Sartre, Act 5, sc. 2, 1948.

My pessimism has never been flabby.

Jean-Paul Sartre

Pessimism

Total war is no longer war waged by all members of one national community against all those of another. It is total... because it may well involve the whole world.

Jean-Paul Sartre

Peace, War, Community