"It is in the knowledge of the genuine conditions of our existence that we must draw our strength to live and our reasons for acting."

"The meaning of life is not to be found in some transcendent realm, but in our concrete existence."

"To exist is to be responsible for one's own existence."

"I am awfully greedy; I want everything from life. I want to be a woman and to be a man, to have many friends and to have loneliness, to work much and write good books, to travel and enjoy myself, to b…"

"Old age is a parody of life."