Jean-Paul Sartre, from No Exit and Three Other Plays; “No Exit”
Text ID: One always dies too soon—or too late. And yet one’s whole life is complete at that moment, with a line drawn neatly under it, ready for the summing up. You are—your life, and nothing else.
“Ben geçmişimi nerede saklayacağım? Geçmişinizi cebinizde saklayamazsınız. Onu koyacak bir evimiz olmalı. Gövdemden başka şeyim yok benim. Yapayalnız bir adam, yalnız gövdesiyle hatıraları durdurup saklayamaz. Hatıralar üzerinden geçip gider onun. Ama yakınmamalıyım. Çünkü özgür olmaktan başka şey istememiştim.”
“I loved him more than I ever loved anyone in the world. I loved to watch him and to hear him talk, I loved his hands and his face, and when I was with him all my fears were calmed.”
onlar yarının dünyasını ister istemez yaratmaktadırlar. her adımda geri çekilmek istemeleri ve tutarsızlıkları en güçlü çelişkileri, boşluklarıdır. çünkü yaratmakta oldukları bu dünyanın kendilerini içine almayacağını içgüdüsel olarak bilmektedirler.
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