Quotes from the man…
I’ve still been reading over some of Sartre’s novel. I’ve found three small passages that are particularly nice;
“The last chord has died away. In the brief silence which follows I feel strongly that there it is, that something has happened.”
“The outline of the king of hearts appears between his curled fingers, then it is turned on its face and the game goes on. Mighty king, come from so far, prepared by so many combinations, by so many vanished gestures. He disappears in turn so that other combinations can be born, other gestures, attacks, counterattacks, turns of luck, a crowd of small adventures…”
“… I have had real adventures. I can recapture no detail but I perceive the rigorous succession of circumstance. I have crossed seas, left cities behind me, followed the course of rivers or plunged into forests, always making my way towards other cities. I have had women, I have fought with men; and never was I able to turn back, any more than a record can be reversed. And all that led me-where?
At this very instant, on this bench, in this translucent bubble all humming with music”
I think everyone should listen to the song, “New Age” (the long version) by the Velvet Underground…
