Il ne s'agit pas de choisit son époque, mais de se choisir en elle.

What do we mean by saying that existence precedes essence? We mean that man first of all exists, encounters himself, surges up in the world-and defines himself afterward.

L'angoisse commence pour un homme et le délaissement et les sueurs de sang, quand il ne peut plus avoir d'autre témoin que lui-même.

Jupiter: I am not your king, impudent larva? Who then has created you?Orestes: You. But you should not have created me free.

It is certain that we cannot escape anguish, for we are anguish.