This is what I thought: for the most banal even to become an adventure, you must (and this is enough) begin to recount it. This is what fools people: a man is always a teller of tales, he sees everything that happens to him through them; and he tries to live his own life as if he were telling a story. But you have to choose: live or tell.


The diary of Antoine Roquentin (ed. 1949)

Jean-Paul Sartre Quotes

This is what I thought: for the most banal even to become an adventure, you must (and this is enough) begin to recount it. This is what fools people: ...

This is what I thought: for the most banal even to become an adventure, you must (and this is enough) begin to recount it. This is what fools people: ...

This is what I thought: for the most banal even to become an adventure, you must (and this is enough) begin to recount it. This is what fools people: ...

This is what I thought: for the most banal even to become an adventure, you must (and this is enough) begin to recount it. This is what fools people: ...