“It answers the question that was tormenting you: my love, you are not 'one thing in my life' - not even the most important - because my life no longer belongs to me because… you are always me.”

—  Jean Paul Sartre

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French existentialist philosopher, playwright, novelist, sc… 1905–1980

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