Jean-Paul Sartre quote about heart from Nausea - Existence is not something which lets itself be thought of from a distance: it must invade you suddenly, master you, weigh heavily on your heart like a great motionless beast—or else there is nothing more at all.
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“ Existence is not something which lets itself be thought of from a distance: it must invade you suddenly, master you, weigh heavily on your heart like a great motionless beast—or else there is nothing more at all. ”
 Jean-Paul Sartre, Nausea (1938). copy citation

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Author Jean-Paul Sartre
Source Nausea
Topic heart existence
Date 1938
Language English
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Note Translated from the French by Lloyd Alexander
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“L'existence n'est pas quelque chose qui se laisse penser de loin : il faut que ça vous envahisse brusquement, que ça s'arrête sur vous, que ça pèse lourd sur votre cœur comme une grosse bête immobile — ou alors il n'y a plus rien du tout.” Jean-Paul Sartre, La Nausée

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Jean-Paul Sartre quote about heart from Nausea - Existence is not something which lets itself be thought of from a distance: it must invade you suddenly, master you, weigh heavily on your heart like a great motionless beast—or else there is nothing more at all.
Jean-Paul Sartre quote about heart from Nausea - Existence is not something which lets itself be thought of from a distance: it must invade you suddenly, master you, weigh heavily on your heart like a great motionless beast—or else there is nothing more at all.