No Exit

By Jean Paul Sartre QUOTATION: It is better; heavier, crueler. The mouth you wear for hell.
ATTRIBUTION: Jean-Paul Sartre (1905–1980), French novelist, dramatist, philosopher, political activist. Inès, in No Exit, act 1, sc. 5, Gallimard (1947).

QUOTATION: You have stolen my face from me: you know it and I no longer do.
ATTRIBUTION: Jean-Paul Sartre (1905–1980), French novelist, dramatist, philosopher, political activist. No Exit, act 1, sc. 5, Gallimard (1947).

QUOTATION: We are in hell and I will have my turn!
ATTRIBUTION: Jean-Paul Sartre (1905–1980), French novelist, dramatist, philosopher, political activist. Inès, in No Exit, act 1, sc. 5, Gallimard (1947).

QUOTATION: If only you knew how little I care. Cowardly or not, as long as he is a good kisser.
ATTRIBUTION: Jean-Paul Sartre (1905–1980), French novelist, dramatist, philosopher, political activist. Estelle on Garcin, in No Exit, act 1, sc. 5, Gallimard (1947).

QUOTATION: [We are] among murderers. We are in hell, my dear, there is never a mistake and people are not damned for nothing.
ATTRIBUTION: Jean-Paul Sartre (1905–1980), French novelist, dramatist, philosopher, political activist. Inès, No Exit, act 1, sc. 5, Gallimard (1947).

QUOTATION: If we must absolutely mention this state of affairs, I suggest that we call ourselves “absent”, that is more proper.
ATTRIBUTION: Jean-Paul Sartre (1905–1980), French novelist, dramatist, philosopher, political activist. Estelle, No Exit, act 1, sc. 5, Gallimard (1947).

QUOTATION: So that is what hell is. I would never have believed it. You remember: the fire and brimstone, the tortureAh! the farce. There is no need for torture: hell is the Other.
ATTRIBUTION: Jean-Paul Sartre (1905–1980), French novelist, dramatist, philosopher, political activist. Garcin in No Exit, act 1, sc. 5, Gallimard (1947).

QUOTATION: As for me, I am mean: that means that I need the suffering of others to exist. A flame. A flame in their hearts. When I am all alone, I am extinguished.
ATTRIBUTION: Jean-Paul Sartre (1905–1980), French novelist, dramatist, philosopher, political activist. Inès in No Exit, act 1 sc. 5, Gallimard (1947).

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