Ideas come in pairs and they contradict one another; their opposition is the principal engine of reflection.

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

The For-itself, in fact, is nothing but the pure nihilation of the In-itself; it is like a hole of being at the heart of Being.

The painful secret of gods and kings is that men are free, Aegistheus. You know it and they do not.

Death is a continuation of my life without me.

A writer must refuse to allow himself to be transformed into an institution, even if it takes place in the most honorable form.

Something begins in order to end: an adventure doesn't let itself be extended it achieves significance only through its death.